- Haddiscoe railway station
Infobox UK station
name=Haddiscoe
manager=National Express East Anglia
code = HAD
locale=St Olaves
borough=South Norfolk
lowusage0405 = 6,000
lowusage0506 = 4,744
lowusage0607 = 6,690
platforms=2Haddiscoe railway station is a
railway station in the English county ofNorfolk . It is named after the village ofHaddiscoe , some 2 miles distant, although the village ofSt. Olaves on the other side of theRiver Waveney is rather closer.ref|osexp1 The station is positioned as it is (at the end of 3/4 mile minor road off the main road) because until 1959 Haddiscoe provided an interchange with main-line services from London to Great Yarmouth South Town via Beccles. The main line services used a high level station at Haddiscoe.History
The first Haddiscoe station was opened by the
Norfolk Railway in 1847. TheGreat Eastern Railway closed this station in 1904, replacing it with the current station at the point where the lines to Yarmouth and Lowestoft crossed. The name of a station called Herringfleet Junction, on the high level line, was changed to Haddiscoe High Level. Both stations operated until theBritish Transport Commission withdrew services on the Yarmouth line, closing the high level station, in 1959.British Railways subsequently renamed the low level station Haddiscoe. A link between the two lines existed, controlled by Haddiscoe Junction signal box. After a brief period at theScience Museum ,Kensington , the box is now atMangapps Railway Museum [http://www.mangapps.co.uk/] .The station is served by the
Wherry Lines service betweenNorwich andLowestoft , operated byNational Express East Anglia .References
* Ordnance Survey (2005). "OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads". ISBN 0-319-23769-9.
Reading
*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1
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