St Olaves railway station

St Olaves
General information
Location	St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk England
Grid reference	TM459993
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	East Suffolk Railway Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1859	Opened
2 November 1959	Closed
Location

St Olaves was a station in St. Olaves. It was on the Great Eastern Railway between Great Yarmouth and London. It was first opened in June 1859. After just over a century it was closed in November 1959 ^{[1] [2]} when the connection it stood on was cut, and services transferred to another route to make roughly the same journey. Today St Olaves is most closely served by Haddiscoe railway station, which is over the two rivers which separate the two villages.

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Belton & Burgh		Great Eastern Railway Yarmouth-Beccles Line 1859-1959		Haddiscoe High Level

Station Today

A clear line on a map can still be seen travelling through Waveney Forest, through Wild Duck camp site and meeting with the old Belton Station. On ground, a lot of the track bank is still there, as well as a small bridge in the Forest. After that, the track would have come over a bridge (To which the piles are still in the ground). There is a house where the platforms and bridge are called 'CuttBride Cottage'

References

1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 375. OCLC   931112387.
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. 204. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.

External links

• St Olaves station on 1946 O. S. map

52°32′12″N1°37′31″E / 52.5368°N 1.6253°E / 52.5368; 1.6253