Pulham Market railway station

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Pulham Market
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Pulham Market railway station in 2008
General information
Location Pulham Market, South Norfolk
England
Grid reference TM192856
Platforms1 [1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingWaveney Valley Railway
Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 December 1855Opened as Pulham St Magdalene
March 1856Renamed Pulham Market
5 January 1953Closed to passengers
13 July 1964Closed to freight

Pulham Market (originally Pulham St Magdalene) was a railway station on the Waveney Valley Line in Norfolk, England. It was closed for passengers in 1953. [2]

Former Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Tivetshall   Great Eastern Railway
Waveney Valley Line
  Pulham St Mary

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References

  1. Adderson, Richard & Kenworthy, Graham (2004). Tivetshall to Beccles (The Waveney Valley Line). Middleton Press. ISBN   1-904474-41-1.
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 354. OCLC   931112387.

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