Royal railway station, Wolferton, Norfolk

            When I woke up this morning I did not think I would be following in the footsteps of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Strangely, that is exactly what I ended up doing later in the day.

I drove over to Wolferton, just off the Kings Lynn to Hunstanton road, where I found myself in the former Royal railway station. Following the purchase of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, the Royal family needed a quick and easy way to reach it. When the railway line to Hunstanton was opened in 1862 a private royal station was added at Wolferton and this continued in use until 1966. The whole line eventually closed in 1969.

Visiting royalty from all over the world (including the Kaiser) used the handsome station to visit Sandringham just a couple of miles away. Visitors would have been collected by horse-drawn carriages initially, later motor cars were used. The late King George V's funeral train also departed from here in 1936.

The station site was neglected for a long time after its closure but was purchased as a private home in the early 1990s. Sections of it are still open to visitors including one platform, surprisingly all without an admission charge. There is also a small railway museum.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Wolferton (show map)

Taken on: May 23, 2014

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