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Potter Heigham Bridge Halt railway station
Potter Heigham Bridge Halt was a railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which was opened to serve the boating traffic on the River Thurne. It was more conveniently situated to the Norfolk village of Potter Heigham than Potter Heigham station itself.
Potter Heigham Bridge Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Potter Heigham, North Norfolk England |
| Grid reference | TG420185 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 17 July 1933 | Opened |
| September 1939 | Closed |
| June 1948 | Reopened |
| 27 September 1958 | Last day of services |
| 2 March 1959 | Official closure |
History edit
Opened by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, the station was closed as a wartime measure before passing briefly to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 only to be closed by British Railways in 1959.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter Heigham | Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line | Martham |
The Station Today edit
Barely anything remains of the station except the station platform wall.
References edit
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
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