Potter Heigham Bridge Halt railway station

Potter Heigham Bridge Halt
Location
Place Potter Heigham
Area North Norfolk
Grid reference TG420185
Operations
Post-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms 1
History
17 July 1933 Opened
September 1939 Closed
June 1948 Reopened
27 September 1958 Last day of services
2 March 1959 Official closure
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Potter Heigham Bridge Halt was a railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which was opened to serve the boating traffic on the River Thurne. It was more conveniently situated to the Norfolk village of Potter Heigham than Potter Heigham station itself.

History

Opened by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the station was closed as a wartime measure before passing briefly to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 only to be closed by the British Railways Board in 1959.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Potter Heigham   Midland and Great Northern
Yarmouth Line
  Martham

The Station Today

Barely anything remains of the station except the station platform wall, Just before the ambulance station as you come over the new bridge.

References

Coordinates: 52°42′39″N 1°34′56″E / 52.7109°N 1.5821°E / 52.7109; 1.5821


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