Bluestone railway station

Bluestone railway station was a station in Norfolk, England. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Corpusty and Aylsham North. It opened in the late 19th century, to serve the surrounding farms and settlements, and closed in 1916 owing to poor use.[2]

Bluestone
The station in 2009; it is now a private house
General information
LocationHeydon and Oulton, Broadland
England
Grid referenceTG141267
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyEastern and Midlands Railway
Pre-groupingMidland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
5 April 1883Opened
1 March 1916[1]Closed

It was located between the villages of Heydon and Oulton, with the station lying just within Heydon's civil parish. RAF Oulton, a now-disused airfield, was constructed in 1939-40 between the village of Oulton and the site of the station.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Corpusty and Saxthorpe
Line and station closed
  Midland and Great Northern
Yarmouth Line
  Aylsham North
Line and station closed

References edit

 
The station in 1963
 
The station in 2009
  1. ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 85. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ Norfolk By Rail – Private Railways and Heritage Locations Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

  Media related to Bluestone railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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