Mundesley-on-Sea railway station

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Mundesley-on-Sea
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General information
Location Mundesley, North Norfolk, Norfolk
England
Grid reference TG309366
Platforms3
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Pre-groupingNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-groupingNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 July 1898Opened
5 October 1964Closed to passengers
28 December 1964Closed to freight

Mundesley railway station was a railway station on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway in Mundesley, Norfolk. [1] It opened on 1 July 1898. [2]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1938 to 1939. [3] Two coaches were positioned here by Eastern Region of British Railways in 1952, then four coaches from 1953 to 1958, then ten for 1959 reducing to six coaches from 1960 to 1964, 3 coaches remained for the 1965 season despite the station having closed. [4]

On 7 April 1953 the station became the terminus of the line from North Walsham when the route to Cromer closed. [5] In 1964 the remainder of the route was closed. [6]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Trimingham   Norfolk and Suffolk
Cromer Line		  Paston & Knapton

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References

  1. ↑ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18
  2. ↑ Mundesley village website
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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. pp. 48–50. ISBN   1-870119-53-3.
  5. ↑ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 8 (ref 0352). ISBN   0-9477-9618-5.
  6. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN   1-85260-508-1, p. 165.

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