Blythburgh railway station

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Blythburgh
Blythburgh railway station (postcard).JPG
General information
Location Blythburgh, East Suffolk
England
Coordinates 52°19′22″N1°35′48″E / 52.32268°N 1.59679°E / 52.32268; 1.59679
Grid reference TM452755
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Southwold Railway
Key dates
24 Sep 1879 [1] Station opened
12 Apr 1929 [1] Station closed

Blythburgh railway station was located in Blythburgh, Suffolk. The station had two goods sheds. The one shown below is the only remaining building of the Southwold Railway. It closed in 1929, 50 years after it had opened for passenger traffic. The station and a short section of track is being restored by the Halesworth and Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway Society.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wenhaston   Southwold Railway   Walberswick
Old coal goods shed Blythburgh Coal-Goods Shed - geograph.org.uk - 1774990.jpg
Old coal goods shed
Information board at Blythburgh Station Restoration site June 2022. Blythburgh Station information board June 2022.jpg
Information board at Blythburgh Station Restoration site June 2022.
Blythburgh Station reconstruction work June 2022. Renovated coal goods shed right background. Blythburgh station recreation work June 2022.jpg
Blythburgh Station reconstruction work June 2022. Renovated coal goods shed right background.
Recreated Blythburgh Station on the exact site of the original Blythburgh Station (Restored).jpg
Recreated Blythburgh Station on the exact site of the original
Recreated rolling stock by the H&SNGS Replica Southwold Railway Goods Wagon, Blythburgh Station.jpg
Recreated rolling stock by the H&SNGS
Demonstration train within confines of the recreated Blythburgh Station H&SNGS Locomotive & rolling stock in Blythburgh Station, September 2023.jpg
Demonstration train within confines of the recreated Blythburgh Station

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References

  1. 1 2 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. p. 38. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.