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South Lynn railway station

South Lynn
South Lynn ex-GE B12-3 4-6-0 on Rail Tour geograph-2846661-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
LNER Class B12/3 No. 61530 at South Lynn in 1954.
Location
Place West Lynn
Area King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Grid reference TF617180
Operations
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
Platforms 2
History
1 January 1886 Opened
2 March 1959 Closed to passengers
2 May 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
170433 at Edinburgh Waverley.JPG

South Lynn railway station was a station located in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.

The Lynn & Sutton Bridge Railway was authorised on 6 August 1861, to build a line between those points. 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; that station was closed on 1 July 1886. The station at South Lynn was opened on 1 January 1886 along with other improvements in the area.

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


Coordinates: 52°44′09″N 0°23′36″E / 52.7357°N 0.3934°E / 52.7357; 0.3934


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