South Lynn railway station

South Lynn
LNER Class B12/3 No. 61530 at South Lynn in 1954.
General information
Location	South Lynn King's Lynn and West Norfolk England
Grid reference	TF617180
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
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
1 January 1886	Opened
2 March 1959	Closed to passengers
2 May 1966	Closed as a coal depot

South Lynn railway station was a railway station serving the areas of South Lynn and West Lynn in King's Lynn in Norfolk, England. The station was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.^[1]

History

A 1903 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of South Lynn (right)

The Lynn & Sutton Bridge Railway was authorised on 6 August 1861, to build a line between those points.^[2] It was opened between King's Lynn and Sutton Bridge in November 1864; passenger trains began on 1 March 1866. The first station after King's Lynn was West Lynn, which was located at the western end of the bridge over the Great Ouse;^[3] that station was closed on 1 July 1886.^[4] The station at South Lynn was opened on 1 January 1886 along with other improvements in the area.^[5]

South Lynn station was closed to passengers on 2 March 1959.^[6][7] It was located at the southern end of King's Lynn, and saw far less traffic than King's Lynn railway station.

Routes

The former railway bridge over the River Great Ouse in 1888. The current A47 road bridge replaced the railway bridge post-closure.

A disused railway bridge over the River Nar at South Lynn, pictured in 2006, abandoned and overgrown.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Clenchwarton Line and station closed		Midland and Great Northern		Gayton Road Line and station closed
Terminus		Midland and Great Northern		King's Lynn Line closed, station open

See also

• King's Lynn railway station
• List of closed railway stations in Norfolk
• Railways in Norfolk

References

1. Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 17 section E4. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
2. Wrottesley, A.J. (1981) [1970]. The Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 19. ISBN 0-7153-8173-3.
3. Wrottesley 1981, p. 22
4. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 246. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
5. Wrottesley 1981, p. 58
6. Butt 1995, p. 216
7. "Safeguarding Transport Routes & Protection of Disused Railway Trackbeds" (PDF). Report presented to the Norfolk Railway Policy Group. June 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

Media related to South Lynn railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• The railway bridges of South Lynn, among other remnants, exploring some of the still-extant structures around the former site of South Lynn railway station.

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