California Halt | |
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General information | |
Location | California, Great Yarmouth England |
Grid reference | TG514147 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Post-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
17 July 1933 | Opened |
September 1939 | Closed |
June 1948 | Reopened |
27 September 1958 | Last day of services |
2 March 1959 | Official closure |
California Halt was a railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which served the Norfolk village of California, England.
In 1933 the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway introduced a small railcar “Tantivy” to enhance the summer service on the line between Yarmouth and Stalham. This allowed the introduction of seven new halts, which saved people walking a mile or more to the nearest station. The new halts were for Newton, Caister Holiday Camp, California, Scratby, Little Ormesby, Potter Heigham Bridge and Sutton Staithe. Each of these was a request stop [1]
The station was closed as a wartime measure before passing briefly to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 only to be closed by the British Railways in 1959.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Scratby Halt | Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line | Caister Camp Halt |
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