East Winch railway station was a station on in East Winch

East Winch

East Winch is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, a few miles southeast of King's LynnIt covers an area of and had a population of 782 in 325 households as of the 2001 census....

, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 on the line between King's Lynn and Swaffham

Lynn and Dereham Railway

The Lynn and Dereham Railway was a standard gauge single track railway running between King's Lynn and Dereham in the English county of Norfolk...

. It closed in 1968, as part of the Beeching Axe

Beeching Axe

The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...

; although Beeching's report intended to retain the Kings Lynn - Dereham - Line (which was in fact closed) the local stations were recommended for closure in the report.
The signal box from the station lay derelict until recently when it was salvaged by the Mid-Norfolk Railway

Mid-Norfolk Railway

The Mid-Norfolk Railway or MNR is a heritage railway in the English county of Norfolk. Opening as a tourist line in 1997, it is often referred to as a "New Generation" heritage railway....

for use at Thuxton level crossing where it will be restored and in working use by 2010..