Gorleston-on-Sea railway station explained

Gorleston-on-Sea
Status:Disused
Borough:Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2 (reduced to 1 in the 1960s)
Original:Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Pregroup:Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Postgroup:Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
British Railways
Years:13 July 1903
Events:Opened
Years1:3 July 1967
Events1:Closed to freight
Years2:4 May 1970
Events2:Closed to passengers[1]

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] The station was demolished after closure and the site is now occupied by the A47 road.

External links

52.5699°N 1.7251°W

Notes and References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford,, p. 107.
  2. http://www.berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/rail/gorleston_on_sea/gorleston_on_sea.htm Gorleston-on-Sea Railway Station