Yarmouth South Town railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Yarmouth South Town
gridref = TG520073


caption =
manager = Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
owner = LNER
BR
locale = Great Yarmouth
borough = Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
platforms = ?
years = 1 June 1859
events = Opened
years2 = 4 May 1970
events2 = Closed [Butt, R.V.J. (1995). "The Directory of Railway Stations", Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 256.]

Yarmouth South Town railway station, sometimes known as Yarmouth Southtown, was a railway station in Great Yarmouth, England that is now closed. It was one of three major stations in the town, the others being Yarmouth Vauxhall and Yarmouth Beach, of which only Yarmouth Vauxhall now remains.

Yarmouth South Town was the northern terminus of the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway's short line between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft across the Suffolk border, and it was also the terminus of the Great Eastern Railway line to Beccles and beyond.

It managed to survive the initial wave of the Beeching Axe, but was eventually closed in 1970. [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/y/yarmouth_south_town/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Yarmouth South Town Station ] ]

The old station was used as the headquarters of an oil company before being demolished in the 1980s to make way for the A12 link road. The A12 follows the route of the railway until just past Gorleston railway station. On the site of the old yards are Homebase, Matalan and Lidl stores.

Former Services
Disused Rail Start

Former Services
Disused Rail Start

External Links

* [http://alanmoore353.blokes.org.uk/p48334910.html Webpage including a picture of the station in 1975]
* [http://alanmoore353.blokes.org.uk/p48360882.html Webpage including a picture of the station in 1975]
* [http://www.berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/rail/southtown/southtown.htm Webpage including pictures and information about Yarmouth Southtown.]

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