Yarmouth South Town railway station

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Yarmouth South Town
Location
Location	Great Yarmouth
Area	Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Grid reference	TG520073
Operations
Pre-grouping	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-grouping	LNER BR
Platforms	?
History
1 June 1859	Opened
4 May 1970	Closed[1]
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Yarmouth South Town railway station, sometimes known as Yarmouth Southtown, was a railway station in Great Yarmouth, England that is now closed. It was one of three major stations in the town, the others being Yarmouth Vauxhall and Yarmouth Beach, of which only one now remains.

It was the northern terminus of the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway's short line between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft across the Suffolk border, as opposed to the other stations which handled longer-haul trains from the South and Midlands. It was frequently used by holidaymakers in the summer, as the line stopped at several resorts along the way.

It managed to survive the initial wave of the Beeching Axe, but was eventually closed in 1970. There is now no direct link between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.^[2]

The old station was used as the headquarters of an oil company before being demolished in the 1980s to make way for the A12 link road. The A12 follows the route of the railway until just past Gorleston railway station. On the site of the old yards are Homebase, Matalan and Lidl stores.

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