Corpusty and Saxthorpe railway station

Corpusty and Saxthorpe
Corpusty and Saxthorpe
	Corpusty and Saxthorpe Railway Station in 2009
General information
Location	Corpusty, North Norfolk; England
Grid reference	TG110300
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	School use
History
Original company	Eastern & Midlands Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway ; Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
5 April 1883	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed

Corpusty and Saxthorpe railway station was a railway station in the North Norfolk village of Corpusty.^[2] It was opened by the Eastern & Midlands Railway as a stop on their route between Melton Constable and Great Yarmouth on 5th April 1883. It was closed in 1959. It served the villages of Corpusty and Saxthorpe as well as surrounding villages.

The station not only dealt with passenger traffic but a high amount of goods traffic, a lot of which being agricultural. Corpusty & Saxthorpe station, often shortened to Corpusty station, was also home to two different coal merchants during its operational life.

References[edit]

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 136. OCLC 931112387.
^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18

Former Services

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Melton Constable		Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line		Bluestone

52°49′34″N 1°07′55″E / 52.826231°N 1.131924°E / 52.826231; 1.131924

[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 136. OCLC 931112387.

[2] British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18

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