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King's Lynn railway station serves the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. The station is the terminus of the Fen Line from Cambridge, which is electrified at 25 kV AC overhead. It has been the only railway station in the town since the closure of South Lynn railway station in 1959. == Early growth == The railway arrived in 1846, with the Ely and Lynn branch of the Great Eastern Railway. A spur connecting the harbour was opened in 1849, and at one point was a complicated network of lines, boasting two swing bridges, serving premises on and around the town's South Quay.〔Adderson & Kenworthy, map XXVI, and preface to ch. 4.〕 Another short branch, about three-quarters of a mile long, connecting the docks was opened in 1862 by the King's Lynn Docks & Railway Company.〔Adderson & Kenworthy, preface to ch. 4.〕 The railway was initially not welcomed by the port authorities in King's Lynn; they predicted that sea-bound trade would decline, and were later proved correct when through-trains to London ended up carrying the majority of freight to the capital.〔Oppitz 2002, p. 15.〕 Expansion followed with the opening of several branches. The Lynn & Dereham Railway, which weaved a route to East Dereham via Narborough and Swaffham, was given the Royal Assent in 1845, opening in stages between 1846 and 1848;〔Oppitz 2002, p. 17.〕 this later became part of the Great Eastern Railway. A line running north to the seaside resort of Hunstanton was opened in 1862,〔 a journey celebrated by former Poet Laureate John Betjeman in a short BBC film about the line. The Hunstanton line included Wolferton station, which served the Royal Family's Sandringham House, and so became the route of hundreds of Royal Trains.〔According to ''Insight'' (2005), 645 in just 27 years.〕 Since Royal services to London had to first pass through King's Lynn before heading south to King's Cross,〔Not, as was the norm for passenger services at the time, Liverpool Street; the reigning monarch is not permitted to enter the City of London, in whose boundaries Liverpool Street station lies, without the permission of the Lord Mayor.〕 crowds on King's Lynn station cheering the Royal Train became one of the town's cherished and memorable traditions. King's Lynn also received services from the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway system, whose main station serving the town was in nearby South Lynn; a short shuttle service ran from King's Lynn to South Lynn as often as twenty times a day.〔Adderson & Kenworthy, slide 106.〕 The station opened in 1886, serving Sutton Bridge and Spalding to the west.〔Oppitz 2002, pp. 26-28.〕 Prior to the opening of South Lynn station, there had been a simple single platform station serving West Lynn, on the west bank of the River Ouse. An early constituent of the M&GN, the Lynn & Fakenham Railway, had used King's Lynn station, but ran into it from the north, via Gaywood Junction. This line was abandoned on the opening of the station at South Lynn. The "Lynn Avoiding" line was the last link in the chain which brought the eastern lines, which had reached Norwich in 1882, and Cromer in 1887, in direct contact with the lines west of Lynn. King's Lynn's original station building was replaced by the current building in 1871, and has remained largely unchanged since; the original was a somewhat rudimentary timber building on the site of the goods yards of the time.〔Adderson & Kenworthy, notes to map XXVIII and slide 114.〕 King's Lynn station began in April 2013 a station rewire which quickly grew into a heritage inspired project. The view taken was to restore the station to a 1949 state with British rail branding and reminisces of the GER and LNER railways. AS to use one era would prove too costly and the budget was only for a rewire. The paint scheme was chosen by the Fen line users and was based upon a GER steam unit which had blue red and gold, gardenia is a heritage colour used and was also chosen. GER cast iron benches were made locally by East Coast Castings in Wotton and BR style totems were hand-made alongside LNER station clocks and coat hangers. Ticket machine were relocated to more sensible positions and re-branded to match the aesthetics intent. Platforms were resurfaced and LED lighting installed throughout public areas along with new CCTV. Station posters and advertising boards were replaced with colour matched ones and located neatly in line. station posters were also produced in a BR style header format to make the look and feel more unique. A Norfolk county flagpole was installed to replace the old one and canopies and roof restored and or replaced. All in it cost under £1.1million. The project was jointly funded by First Capital Connect and Network Rail. The project's completion was marked with Michael Portillo unveiling a plaque in the booking hall area on 22 July 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「King's Lynn railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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