Corton railway station

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Corton
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General information
Location Corton, East Suffolk
England
Grid reference TM539970
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Pre-groupingNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-groupingNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
British Railways
Key dates
13 July 1903Opened
13 July 1964Closed to freight
4 May 1970Closed to passengers

Corton railway station was a railway station serving the village of Corton, Suffolk [1] on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway line between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Central. [2] The station opened on 13 July 1903. [3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1935. [4] A coach was also positioned here by Eastern Region of British Railways from 1952 to 1954, then there were two coaches until the end of the 1960 season. These were replaced in 1961 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1962 until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1965 season. [5]

The station closed, along with the rest of the line, on 4 May 1970. [3]

Corton is the only station building, apart from Lowestoft Central, remaining on the route of the line. It is currently in use as a private residence, the trackbed has been filled to platform level, and while the canopy is still in existence, it is looking very run down and forlorn.

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Hopton-on-Sea   Norfolk and Suffolk
Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line
1903-1970		  Lowestoft North

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References

  1. ↑ Corton Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ 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. p. 90. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
  3. 1 2 Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
  4. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN   1-870119-48-7.
  5. ↑ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 50. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.

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