Gorleston-on-Sea railway station

Gorleston-on-Sea
Location
Place Gorleston
Area Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Grid reference TG525034
Operations
Pre-grouping Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2 (reduced to 1 in the 1960s)
History
13 July 1903 Opened
3 July 1967 Closed to freight
4 May 1970 Closed to passengers[1]
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Gorleston-on-Sea railway station was a station in Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk. It was on the line between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft which closed in 1970.[2]

Gorleston is now one of the larger towns/localities in Britain without a railway station.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Gorleston North   Norfolk and Suffolk
Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line
1903-1970
  Gorleston Links

References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 107.
  2. Gorleston-on-Sea Railway Station

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Coordinates: 52°34′12″N 1°43′30″E / 52.5699°N 1.7251°E / 52.5699; 1.7251


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