Norwich Victoria railway station

Norwich Victoria
Location
Place Norwich
Area Norwich
Grid reference TG227080
Operations
Pre-grouping Eastern Union Railway
Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms ?
History
12 December 1849 Opened
22 May 1916 Closed to passengers
31 January 1966 Closed as a coal depot
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Norwich Victoria was a railway station in Norwich in Norfolk and the former terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line. It was opened in 1849.

The station was closed to passenger traffic in 1916 but remained open for goods traffic. After the Second World War it was used only to supply coal to the adjacent depot which closed in the early 1980s. The coal depot site is now occupied by a Sainsbury's store. The buildings disappeared long ago and the trackbed has been converted into a footpath known as Lakenham Way for use by pedestrians and cyclists. [1]

There were at one time three railway stations in Norwich, the others being Norwich City and Norwich Thorpe. Currently, only the former Thorpe station, now known simply as "Norwich", remains in use.

Contents

Former services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Great Eastern Railway
Norwich Branch
  Swainsthorpe

References

  1. ^ Lakenham way Retrieved 23 April 2011

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See also