THORPE CULVERT RAILWAY STATION WAS BUILT IN 1871, AND THE RAILWAY SIGNAL BOX AND SIGNALS IN C.1899. IT WAS OPENED WITH THE LINE ON 11 SEPT 1871, AND TO PASSENGERS 24 OCT 1871. THE GOODS YARD WAS CLOSED 27 APRIL 1964. IT CONSISTS OF TWO PLATFORMS WITH BUILDINGS - WAITING ROOM ON DOWN, AND SHELTER AND GENTS TOILET ON UP. THE SIGNAL BOX AND SIGNALS AND TRADITIONAL GATED LEVEL CROSSING. BUILDINGS ON PLATFORMS ARE SINGLE STOREY AND TYPICAL GNR. SIGNAL BOX REBUILT IN RECENT YEARS DUE TO SUBSIDENCE, AS EVIDENCED BY RELATIONSHIP OF WINDOWS TO EAVES. THE STATION MASTER'S HOUSE, NOW GONE, FORMERLY STOOD BY THE ROAD AT THE END OF THE PLATFORM. {1}