Yarmouth Beach railway station

Yarmouth Beach
Yarmouth Beach
General information
Location	Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth; England
Grid reference	TG528081
Platforms	3
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ; Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
7 August 1877	Opened as Yarmouth
5 April 1883	Renamed Yarmouth Beach
2 March 1959	Closed

Yarmouth Beach railway station served Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. It was opened in 1877 by the Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway; it was taken over by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893, which had built a large network of track over East Anglia. It was conceived initially to transport holidaymakers from the Midlands to their destinations on the Norfolk coast; acquiring Yarmouth Beach station fitted into this grand strategy. The line was also dependent on use by local travellers.^[2]

It lacked the direct routes of its rival at Yarmouth Vauxhall, instead taking a winding path across Norfolk without serving major towns.

Use of the line gradually began to decline and, by the 1950s, competition from the roads diminished passenger numbers. Yarmouth Beach and the line it stood on closed in 1959, along with most of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network which was now in British Railways hands.

Following closure, the site was used as a coach station and the station buildings were demolished in 1986. It is now a coach and car park; some platform canopy supports are still extant, which mark its former location.^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Newtown Halt		Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Branch		Terminus

References

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 256.
^ "Yarmouth Beach railway station". Berney Arms Web. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
^ "Yarmouth Beach". Disused Stations. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2023.