Bluestone railway station

Bluestone
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

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

The station in 1963

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
Corpusty and Saxthorpe Line and station closed		Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line		Aylsham North Line and station closed

The site today

The station in 2009

The stationmaster's house remains in situ, with Weavers' Way footpath now occupying the trackbed.

References

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 85. OCLC   931112387.
2. Norfolk By Rail – Private Railways and Heritage Locations Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Bluestone railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• OS map of Oulton and the railway in 1946
• The station on a 1920s OS map

52°47′46″N1°10′26″E / 52.7962°N 1.1738°E / 52.7962; 1.1738