Aldeby railway station

Aldeby
Remains of Aldeby station in 2007
Location
Place	Aldeby
Area	South Norfolk
Coordinates	52°29′53″N 1°36′22″E / 52.498019°N 1.606133°E / 52.498019; 1.606133Coordinates: 52°29′53″N 1°36′22″E / 52.498019°N 1.606133°E / 52.498019; 1.606133
Grid reference	TM448950
Operations
Original company	East Suffolk Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	?
History
4 December 1854	Opened
2 November 1959	Closed to passengers
28 December 1964	Closed to freight
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Aldeby railway station was a station in Aldeby, in the English county of Norfolk. It was on the line between Great Yarmouth and Beccles; the connection was opened in 1859 when the line from Ipswich to Beccles was extended northwards. It was closed in 1959, and trains ran between the two termini.

History

Opened by the East Suffolk, and joining the Great Eastern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

Present day

There is a large building on the site and the former course of the railway can be tracked through the fields. As at 2008, the goods yard is now a used car dealership and scrap yard, and as previously noted has several large buildings on the site. The station house is mainly unchanged in outward appearance but is now a private house.

References

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. 

• Clinker, C.R. (October 1978). Clinker's Register of Closed Passenger Stations and Goods Depots in England, Scotland and Wales 1830-1977. Bristol: Avon-AngliA Publications & Services. ISBN 0-905466-19-5. 

• A. Jowett, (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0. 

External links

• Aldeby station on 1946 O. S. map

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