Aldeby railway station

Aldeby railway station was a station in Aldeby, in the English county of Norfolk. It was on the line between Great Yarmouth and Beccles; the station was opened in 1854 when the line from Ipswich to Beccles was extended northwards. It was closed in 1959.

Aldeby
Remains of Aldeby station in 2007
General information
LocationAldeby, South Norfolk
England
Coordinates52.498019°N 1.606133°E / 52.498019; 1.606133
Grid referenceTM448950
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEast Suffolk Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
4 December 1854[1]Opened
15 May 1858Closed
1 June 1859reopened
2 November 1959Closed to passengers
28 December 1964Closed to freight

History

Opened by the East Suffolk Railway, it subsequently joined the Great Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Haddiscoe High Level   Great Eastern
Yarmouth-Beccles Line
1859-1959		   Beccles

Present day

The former railway bridge is still visible on Station Road. There is a large building on the station site and the former course of the railway can be tracked through the fields. As at 2008, the goods yard is now a used car dealership and scrap yard, and as previously noted has several large buildings on the site. The station house is mainly unchanged in outward appearance but is now a private house.

References
  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 45
  • Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  • C.R., Clinker (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5.
  • Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.


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