Honing railway station
{{short description|Former railway station in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Honing
| status = Disused
| image = Honing railway station, Norfolk (1).JPG
| caption = Honing railway station platforms, 1905
| borough = Honing, North Norfolk
| country = England
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TG317275|25|TG317275}}
| platforms = 2
| pregroup = Yarmouth & North Norfolk Railway
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
| postgroup = Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
| years = 1 August 1882
| events = Opened
| years1 = 2 March 1959
| events1 = Closed
}}
Honing railway station served the small village of Honing, in Norfolk, England.
History
The station was a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Melton Constable and Great Yarmouth.British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18
The track through Honing was opened on 13 June 1881 and the station was inaugurated in the following year in 1882, with one platform. Increased traffic on the line meant further modifications to the station layout and the track between 1899 and 1901, which added a {{convert|1/2|mi|km|adj=on}} crossing loop and a signal box at each end.{{cite web |url=https://honingvillage.wordpress.com/honing-station/
|title=History of Honing station |website=Honing Village |last=Turner |first=William |date=19 August 2019 |access-date=9 January 2025}}
It closed in 1959, along with the rest of the line.{{cite book |last=Quick |first=M E |title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology |year=2002 |publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society |location=Richmond |page=231 |oclc=931112387}}
{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{Rail line|previous=North Walsham Town |next=Stalham|route=Midland and Great Northern
Yarmouth Line|col={{MGNJ colour}} }}
{{end box}}
Signal boxes
There were two signal boxes in operation, which between them controlled the working of the loop and the road crossings. As part of a modernisation plan, the West signalbox was closed on 22 June 1932.
Honing East signal box was purchased in 1967 for Barton House Railway; it was then dismantled for accurate reassembly at Wroxham. Upon completion, the signal box was brought into commission for signalling Barton House trains in July 1968.
The site today
File:Passenger train at Honing 2019.jpg
The two platforms and remains of the waiting room and its cellar, complete with two fireplaces, survive. The remains of the station building foundations are extant, along with the signal box and a hand water pump inside a small shed. Alongside the waiting room side platform is lattice fencing, typical of M&GN stations.
The station site is currently being worked on by the Norfolk Railway Heritage Group, in conjunction with the Norfolk County Council, to expose and preserve the remains.
On 29 June 2019, the formation between the platforms was relaid temporarily and 7¼" gauge passenger services were operated by the Barton House Railway.
References
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Category:Disused railway stations in Norfolk
Category:Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959