Aylsham North railway station

This article is about the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway station. For the Great Eastern Railway station, see Aylsham South railway station. For the Bure Valley Railway station, see Aylsham railway station.

Aylsham North
The sign of the former station is now affixed to the fence of the house opposite the road
General information
Location	Aylsham, Broadland England
Grid reference	TG199278
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Eastern & Midlands Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
5 April 1883	Opened as Aylsham Town
c.1902	Renamed Aylsham
27 September 1948	Renamed Aylsham North
2 March 1959	Closed

Aylsham North (originally Aylsham Town and later known as Aylsham) was one of two railway stations in Aylsham, Norfolk, England; the other was Aylsham South. It was a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from the Midlands to the Norfolk coast. It was closed in 1959, along with the rest of the line.

History

Opened by the Eastern and Midlands Railway, Aylsham North became a Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway station. During the Grouping of 1923, it converted to a joint operation of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway, with the latter taking sole operation in 1936.

The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948 and was closed by the British Transport Commission, along with the rest of the line, in 1959.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Bluestone		Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line		Felmingham

The site today

The station was demolished following its closure and is now a car park for the Weavers Way; this footpath follows the old trackbed to Yarmouth. ^[1]

The only remaining structure in the yard is the goods depot, which is visible from the road.

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Norfolk

References

Citations

1. Norfolk By Rail – Private Railways and Heritage Locations Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

• 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 (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.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

External links

• The station on a navigable O.S. map
• Aylsham Town Archive: Railways in Aylsham Old photographs of Aylsham North station

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