Scratby Halt railway station

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Scratby Halt
General information
Location Scratby, Great Yarmouth
England
Grid reference TG509147
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

Scratby Halt was a railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which served the Norfolk village of Scratby, England.

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. [2]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Great Ormesby   Midland and Great Northern
Yarmouth Line		  California Halt

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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.
  2. ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 207. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

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