Harling Road Railway Station - The Station

The Station

The station is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) north of East Harling, from which it takes its name. A footpath runs between the station and the village. Train services from the station run to Norwich, Cambridge, Ely, Peterbourouh, Grantham, Nottingham, Alfreston, Chesterfield, Sheffield, Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Warrington Central, Liverpool South Parkway, and Livepool Lime Street. Connections may be made to many other parts of the National Rail network.

Harling Road is a small station and until recently had remained largely unmodernised. The wooden level crossing gates adjacent to Harling Road railway sation used to be opened and closed manually by the Signaller in Harling Road signal box. However, in December 2012 the signal box was closed and the crossing was renewed with automated full barriers with red flashing road lights.

Passenger facilities are basic, with seating on both platforms and a passenger shelter on the Eastbound platform only. The shelter on the Westbound platform is for bicycles, but unfortunately there is nothing to which cycles may be chained. There is no ticket office, and tickets to any rail station in Britain may be bought from the conductor on the train. The station has a car park.

Harling Road station is located in a rural area, and is ideally placed to provide access to the countryside for those who can not, or do not wish to, make use of a car for transportation. There is easy access to several long distance footpaths, including the Peddars Way, Angles Way, Icknield Way, Iceni Way and the Hereward Way. There are plenty other opportunities with Knettishall Heath, West Harling Heath and Wayland Wood (where the events that inspired the "Babes in the Wood" took place) all being within walking distance. The little used country lanes in the area also provide plenty of opportunity for country walks.