Potter Heigham Bridge Halt railway station

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Potter Heigham Bridge Halt
Potter Heigham Bridge Halt station sign.jpg
Station sign in the collection at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
General information
Location Potter Heigham, North Norfolk
England
Grid reference TG420185
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
17 July 1933Opened
September 1939Closed
June 1948Reopened
27 September 1958Last day of services
2 March 1959Official closure

Potter Heigham Bridge Halt was a railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which was opened to serve the boating traffic on the River Thurne. It was more conveniently situated to the Norfolk village of Potter Heigham than Potter Heigham station itself.

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History

Advertisement from the Yarmouth Independent on Saturday 15 July 1933 M&GN new rail car service.png
Advertisement from the Yarmouth Independent on Saturday 15 July 1933

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 British Railways in 1959.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Potter Heigham   Midland and Great Northern
Yarmouth Line
  Martham

The Station Today

Barely anything remains of the station except the station platform wall.

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References

  1. "M. & G.N. Innovation" . Lynn News & County Press. England. 18 July 1933. Retrieved 11 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.

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