Walsingham was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway

Great Eastern Railway

The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...

. It opened on 1 December 1857, and served the villages of Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham. It closed on 5 October 1964. The station building is currently (2007) home to St. Seraphim

Seraphim of Sarov

Saint Seraphim of Sarov , born Prokhor Moshnin , is one of the most renowned Russian monks and mystics in the Orthodox Church. He is generally considered the greatest of the 19th century startsy and, arguably, the first...

's Russian Orthodox church.

Since 1982, there has been a second station at Walsingham

Walsingham, Wells & Walsingham Light Railway station

Walsingham railway station is located in Walsingham, Norfolk on the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. It was opened in 1982. It is located north of the original station, which has been converted to non-rail use....

 - the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells and Walsingham which is further inland...

. This station is sited slightly to the north of the original, the latter now having a car and coach park on the site of the tracks.