Gorleston Links railway station

Gorleston Links
Location
Place	Gorleston
Area	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Grid reference	TG525019
Operations
Pre-grouping	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2(1 from mid 1960s)
History
July 1914	Opened (Gorleston Links Halt)
May 1918	Closed
11 August 1919	Reopened
6 May 1968	Renamed (Gorleston Links)
4 May 1970	Closed[1]
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Gorleston Links was a railway station in Gorleston, England. It was located on an embankment to the north of Links Road and to the south west of the end of Hill Avenue. The tracks southward crossed Links Road by bridge.

Gorleston Links was opened in July 1914 to serve the adjacent golf course . The station was closed four years later as a post-war economy measure, but later reopened in 1919, this time as a result of the increasing number of holiday makers visiting the area. Initially named "Gorleston Links Halt", the station was renamed just "Gorleston Links" in 1968, merely two years before its eventual closure.^[2][3]

The area where the station was situated has changed greatly in the years since 1970; residential redevelopment has led to the removal of the bridge and embankment, leaving no trace of the former halt.

The route of the railway line south of Gorleston Links ran almost parallel with the A12 (Lowestoft Road) to Station Road in Hopton, which was the location of Hopton railway station.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Gorleston-on-Sea		Norfolk and Suffolk Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line 1903-1970		Hopton-on-Sea

References

1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 107.
2. ^ Yarmouth South Town on Subterranea Britannica
3. ^ Gorleston Links Halt on Berney Arms

External links

• Gorleston Links station on 1946 O.S. map

Coordinates: 52°33′23″N 1°43′25″E / 52.55631°N 1.72353°E / 52.55631; 1.72353