Buxton Lamas railway station

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Buxton Lamas
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The station in 1963
General information
Location Buxton with Lamas, Broadland, Norfolk
England
Grid reference TG233228
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-grouping East Norfolk Railway
Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London & North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
8 July 1879Opened
15 September 1952Closed to passengers [1]
19 April 1965Closed to freight

Buxton Lamas was a railway station in Buxton with Lamas, Norfolk. It was located near the Bure Valley Railway's present Buxton station. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Aylsham South
Line and station closed
  Great Eastern Railway   Coltishall
Line and station closed

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References

  1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 106. OCLC   931112387.
  2. British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18

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