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Middle Drove railway station

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In October 2022, demolition work was carried out to remove the platform, waiting room and station canopy. The station house remains, but an application for planning permission has been submitted for its demolition and replacement.
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was a railway station which served the nearby village of Tilney Fen End (situated 1 mile to the north northeast) near
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In May 2024, the station house was demolished and a new property is now being built on the site.
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Marshland St James
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
52°39′50″N 0°17′19″E / 52.6638°N 0.2885°E / 52.6638; 0.2885
Grid reference
TF547098
East Anglian Railway
Great Eastern Railway
London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Downham Market
Norfolk
England
Magdalen Road station
Wisbech East
Smeeth Road station
Smeeth Road
British Rail
Eastern Region

Wisbech Line
Magdalen Gate
ISBN
1-85260-508-1
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Disused railway stations of Norfolk
Great Eastern
Railway

Great Eastern Main Line
Norwich Victoria
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