Great Yarmouth railway station is a railway station serving the town of Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The station is the terminus of the Wherry Line 29 km (18ΒΌ miles) from Norwich. There are two different routes to Norwich, one via Acle and the other via Reedham.
The station is served by National Express East Anglia, with majority of services operating to Norwich via Acle. A few services operate via the remote village of Berney Arms and Reedham. This line joins the line from Lowestoft just east of Reedham railway station. Monday to Friday, there is also a direct train service to London Liverpool Street in the morning.
Facilities include; a ticket office, a small newagents and coffee kiosk, a burger van, public telephones, waiting room, toilets (disabled), bicycle and taxi ranks, bus stop and taxi office.
History
Before rail closures of the 1950's and the later Beeching Axe the station was one of three major railway stations in the town. Yarmouth Beach station was located on Nelson Road and was owned by M&GN who run services up the Norfolk coast to Melton Constable and Peterborough. It was closed in 1959 and is now a coach station although plans exist to turn the area into offices. Yarmouth South Town railway station was also owned by M&GN and run services through Gorleston and Lowestoft to join with the current East Suffolk Line for a mainline service to London. It was closed in 1970.Yarmouth Vauxhall, now just Great Yarmouth, is the only station to remain open. Services used to be run by Great Eastern Railway, and later LNER to Norwich. It was opened in 1844 when the line to Norwich through Reedham became one of the first railways in the country to open. The station was extensivley damaged in World War II and was rebuilt in 1960. There used to be large sidings and an engine shed before they were demolished to make way for the new Asda superstore and bypass.
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References
External links
- Berney Arms Online Extensive information on old railways in Great Yarmouth
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