Belton & Burgh | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Belton with Browston, Great Yarmouth |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 2 |
Pregroup: | Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Years: | 1 June 1859 |
Events: | Opened as Belton |
Years1: | 1 July 1923 |
Events1: | Renamed Belton and Burgh |
Years2: | 2 November 1959 |
Events2: | Closed[1] |
Belton & Burgh (originally Belton) was a railway station serving the Norfolk villages of Belton and Burgh Castle. It once saw trains on the main line from to London, but was closed in 1959 as part of a major re-evaluation of the British Railways network. It was on a connecting branch between Great Yarmouth and .[2]
The site of the station can still be located. It is now a modern house where Station Road South meets Station Road North. A notable bump in the road signifies where the track once crossed. The station was on the left, travelling north to south, with the house having a "Platform 3" sign hanging by the driveway. On the right, an access road to a camp site is on the old track bed heading towards St. Olaves.