Belton and Burgh railway station

Belton & Burgh
The station building in the 1970s
General information
Location	Belton with Browston, Great Yarmouth England
Grid reference	TG478027
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 June 1859	Opened as Belton
1 July 1923	Renamed Belton and Burgh
2 November 1959	Closed[1]

Belton & Burgh (originally Belton) was a railway station serving the Norfolk villages of Belton and Burgh Castle. It once saw trains on the main line from Yarmouth South Town to London, but was closed in 1959 as part of a major re-evaluation of the British Railways network. It was on a connecting branch between Great Yarmouth and Beccles.^[2]

The site of the station can still be located. It is now a modern house where Station Road South meets Station Road North. A notable bump in the road signifies where the track once crossed. The station was on the left, travelling north to south, with the house having a "Platform 3" sign hanging by the driveway. On the right, an access road to a camp site is on the old track bed heading towards St. Olaves.

References

External links

• Belton and Burgh station in 1963
• Belton and Burgh Station on 1946 O. S. map

52°33′56″N 1°39′18″E / 52.56564°N 1.65495°E / 52.56564; 1.65495

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