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| Type: | National Rail (Midland & Great Northern) |
| Opened: | 1882 |
| Closed: | 1964 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened by the Lynn & Fakenham Railway in 1882 on a line from Fakenham to Norwich. Other lines to Melton Constable were from North Walsham (1883) and a Great Eastern Railway line from Holt in 1884. Later the station came under the control of the Midland & Great Northern Railway.
As with many places the arrival of the railways greatly boosted the local economy, especially after the establishment of a locomotive works. This turned Melton Constable into one of the main centres of the Midland & Great Northern Railway. However, after the closure of the works in 1936 by the LNER (who by then owned the station) Melton Constable station and railways in the area went into decline. The Midland & Great Northern Railway was largely shut down in 1959 with Melton Constable remaining open for remaining services until 1964.
Despite being a junction for a number of lines the station only had a single island platform with access to the platform via a footbridge. The station building was demolished in 1971 though some traces of the old station and works still remain.
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| Melton Constable in 1947 (KD collection) |
