Gorleston-on-Sea railway station

Gorleston-on-Sea
Location
Place	Gorleston
Area	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Grid reference	TG525034
Operations
Pre-grouping	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2 (reduced to 1 in the 1960s)
History
13 July 1903	Opened
3 July 1967	Closed to freight
4 May 1970	Closed to passengers[1]
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Gorleston-on-Sea railway station was a station in Gorleston-on-Sea in Norfolk. It was on the line between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft which closed in 1970.^[2]

Gorleston is now one of the larger towns/localities in Britain without a railway station.

Former Services

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Gorleston North		Norfolk and Suffolk Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line 1903-1970		Gorleston Links

External links

• Webpage including a picture of the station in 1975
• Webpage including old map with Gorleston North and Gorleston on Sea stations
• Gorleston on Sea station in late 1960s when one track had been removed.
• Gorleston on Sea station at BerneyArms website.

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 107.
2. ^ Gorleston-on-Sea Railway Station

Coordinates: 52°34′11″N 1°43′29″E / 52.56976°N 1.72467°E / 52.56976; 1.72467