Haddiscoe railway station explained

Haddiscoe
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:St Olaves, South Norfolk
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Greater Anglia
Platforms:2
Code:HAD
Classification:DfT category F2
Original:Great Eastern Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:9 May 1904
Events:Opened as Haddiscoe Low Level
Years1:After 2 November 1959
Events1:Renamed Haddiscoe
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Haddiscoe railway station (formerly Haddiscoe Low Level) is a stop on the Wherry Lines in Norfolk, England. It named after the village of Haddiscoe, some 2miles away; however, the village of St Olaves, sited on the other side of the River Waveney, is closer. The station is 16miles down the line from, on the route to ; it is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is HAD.

Haddiscoe station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.

History

An earlier Haddiscoe station was opened by the Norfolk Railway in 1847 but was later closed by the Great Eastern Railway in 1904. It was replaced by this station, originally named Haddiscoe Low Level, at the junction of the Wherry Line and the now closed Yarmouth-Beccles Line from London to Yarmouth.

An existing station on the Yarmouth-Beccles Line at this junction was renamed from Herringfleet Junction to Haddiscoe High Level at the same time.

Both the High Level station and the Low Level station operated until the British Transport Commission withdrew services on the Yarmouth line in 1959 and closed the associated High Level station. British Railways subsequently renamed the remaining station Haddiscoe.

A link between the two lines existed, controlled by Haddiscoe Junction signal box. In 1961,the signal box was preserved in the transport gallery at the Science Museum, Kensington, where it was adapted to display various kinds of signalling equipment.[1] In 1995 it was moved to the Mangapps Railway Museum.

Services

The typical off-peak service at Haddiscoe is as follows:[2]

References

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External links

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Notes and References

  1. Railway World December 1967, p. 543
  2. Web site: Greater Anglia . Timetables . 10 December 2023 . 24 May 2024 .