Corton railway station

Corton was a station in Corton, Suffolk[1] on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway line between Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.[2] The station opened on 13 July 1903.[3]

Corton
LocationCorton, East Suffolk
England
Grid referenceTM539970
Platforms2(reduced to 1 in the 1960s)
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Pre-groupingNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-groupingNorfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
British Railways
Key dates
13 July 1903Opened
13 July 1964Closed to freight
4 May 1970Closed to passengers

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1935.[4] A coach was also positioned here by Eastern Region of British Railways from 1952 to 1954, then there were two coaches until the end of the 1960 season. These were replaced in 1961 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1962 until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1965 season.[5]

The station closed on 4 May 1970 with the rest of the line.[3]

Corton is the only station building apart from Lowestoft Central remaining on the route of the line, it is currently in use as a private residence, the trackbed has been filled to platform level, and while the canopy is still in existence, it is looking very run down and forlorn.

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Hopton-on-Sea   Norfolk and Suffolk
Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line
1903-1970		   Lowestoft North

References
  1. Corton Archived 2008-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  3. Quick, Michael (2019) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF) (5th ed.). Railway and Canal Historical Society.
  4. McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  5. McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 50. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.


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