Bluestone railway station
Bluestone | |||||
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 The station in 2009; it is now a private house | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Heydon and Oulton, Broadland England | ||||
| Grid reference | TG141267 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Eastern and Midlands Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 April 1883 | Opened | ||||
| 1 March 1916[1] | Closed | ||||
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Bluestone railway station served the villages of Heydon and Oulton, in Norfolk, England. It was a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.
History
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The station opened in the late 19th century to serve the surrounding farms and settlements. It lay just within Heydon's civil parish. RAF Oulton, a now-disused airfield, was constructed in 1939-40 between the village of Oulton and the site of the station.
It was closed in 1916, owing to low passenger numbers.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Corpusty and Saxthorpe Line and station closed |
Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line |
Aylsham North Line and station closed | ||
The site today
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The stationmaster's house remains in situ, with Weavers' Way footpath now occupying the trackbed.
References
[edit]- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 85. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ Norfolk By Rail – Private Railways and Heritage Locations Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Media related to Bluestone railway station at Wikimedia Commons