Aldeby railway station

52°29′53″N 1°36′22″E / 52.498019°N 1.606133°E / 52.498019; 1.606133Grid referenceTM448950Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyEast Suffolk RailwayPre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British RailwaysKey dates4 December 1854^[1]Opened15 May 1858Closed1 June 1859reopened2 November 1959Closed to passengers28 December 1964Closed to freight

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 station was opened in 1854 when the line from Ipswich to Beccles was extended northwards. It was closed in 1959.

History

Opened by the East Suffolk Railway, it subsequently joined 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.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Haddiscoe High Level		Great Eastern Yarmouth-Beccles Line 1859-1959		Beccles

Present day

The former railway bridge is still visible on Station Road. There is a large building on the station 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

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
• C.R., Clinker (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.
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.

External links

• Aldeby station on 1946 O. S. map