South Lynn railway station explained

South Lynn
Status:Disused
Address:South Lynn
Borough:King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Eastern & Midlands Railway
Pregroup:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Postgroup:Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Years:1 January 1886
Events:Opened
Years1:2 March 1959
Events1:Closed to passengers
Years2:2 May 1966
Events2:Closed as a coal depot

South Lynn railway station was a railway station serving the areas of South Lynn and West Lynn in King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. The station was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.[1]

History

The Lynn & Sutton Bridge Railway was authorised on 6 August 1861, to build a line between those points.[2] It was opened between and in November 1864; passenger trains began on 1 March 1866. The first station after King's Lynn was West Lynn, which was located at the western end of the bridge over the Great Ouse; that station was closed on 1 July 1886.[3] The station at South Lynn was opened on 1 January 1886 along with other improvements in the area.

South Lynn station was closed to passengers on 2 March 1959.[4] It was located at the southern end of King's Lynn, and saw far less traffic than King's Lynn railway station.

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Conolly, W. Philip . British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer . 5th . January 1976 . . Shepperton . 0-7110-0320-3 . EX/0176 . p. 17 section E4 .
  2. Book: Wrottesley, A.J. . The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway . 2nd . 1981 . 1970 . . Newton Abbot . 0-7153-8173-3 . 19 .
  3. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 246 .
  4. Web site: Safeguarding Transport Routes & Protection of Disused Railway Trackbeds . Report presented to the Norfolk Railway Policy Group . 7 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080625233746/http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/consumption/groups/public/documents/article/ncc037183.pdf . 25 June 2008 . June 1995.