West Runton
General information
Location	West Runton, North Norfolk England
Coordinates	52°56′08″N 1°14′45″E / 52.9355°N 1.2457°E / 52.9355; 1.2457
Grid reference	TG281297
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	WRN
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	September 1887
Passengers
2018/19	27,212
2019/20	26,076
2020/21	9,144
2021/22	31,834
2022/23	32,918
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Midland & Great Northern Cromer Branch
Cromer Beach To Norwich West Runton Sheringham Weybourne Holt (North Norfolk Railway) Holt Melton Constable

West Runton railway station is on the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the village of West Runton. It is 28 miles 55 chains (46.2 km) down the line from Norwich and is situated between Cromer and Sheringham, the northern terminus. Train services are operated by Greater Anglia.

It is one of two remaining Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations still in use on the National Rail network (Cromer being the other). Sheringham and Weybourne are the other two surviving M&GNJR stations, both still served today on the heritage North Norfolk Railway.

Like other stations on the Norwich - Sheringham line, West Runton is cared for by volunteers known as station adopters.

Services

All services at West Runton are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 755 BMUs.

The typical Monday-Saturday service is one train per hour in each direction between Sheringham and Norwich via Cromer. On Sundays, the service is reduced to one train every two hours in each direction.^[1]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sheringham		Greater Anglia Bittern Line		Cromer
	Historical railways
Sheringham Line open, station preserved		Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Cromer Branch		Cromer Beach Line and station open

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to West Runton railway station.

• Train times and station information for West Runton railway station from National Rail