Downham Market railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England. It is 86 miles 8 chains measured from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Littleport and Watlington stations. The station building of 1846, built of carrstone with pale brick dressings, is a Grade II listed building.
Signal box at Downham Market - The Lynn & Ely Railway Bill received the Royal Assent on 30 June 1845. Work started on the line in 1846 and the line and its stations were opened on 27 October 1846. Downham Station opened with the line and was situated south of Stow Station and was a temporary end of the line. The line was completed to Ely in 1847. On New Year's Day Downham station ceased to be a temporary terminus when the line was opened through to Denver Road Gate. The new line connected King's Lynn and its harbor with Ely and trains to London. The wooden signal box, built for the Great Eastern Railway in 1881, was listed Grade II in 2013.
