Potter Heigham Bridge Halt was a railway station on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway which was opened to serve the boating traffic on the River Thurne. It was more conveniently situated to the Norfolk village of Potter Heigham than Potter Heigham station itself.
Potter Heigham Bridge Halt | |
|---|---|
 Station sign in the collection at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum | |
| General information | |
| Location | Potter Heigham, North Norfolk England |
| Grid reference | TG420185 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Post-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 17 July 1933 | Opened |
| September 1939 | Closed |
| June 1948 | Reopened |
| 27 September 1958 | Last day of services |
| 2 March 1959 | Official closure |
History
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In 1933 the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway introduced a small railcar “Tantivy” to enhance the summer service on the line between Yarmouth and Stalham. This allowed the introduction of seven new halts, which saved people walking a mile or more to the nearest station. The new halts were for Newton, Caister Holiday Camp, California, Scratby, Little Ormesby, Potter Heigham Bridge and Sutton Staithe. Each of these was a request stop[1]
The station was closed as a wartime measure before passing briefly to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 only to be closed by British Railways in 1959.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potter Heigham | Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line |
Martham |
The Station Today
editBarely anything remains of the station except the station platform wall.
References
edit- ^ "M. & G.N. Innovation". Lynn News & County Press. England. 18 July 1933. Retrieved 11 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
52°42′39″N 1°34′56″E / 52.7109°N 1.5821°E
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