Tivetshall railway station
| Tivetshall | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Tivetshall St Margaret |
| Area | District of South Norfolk |
| Grid reference | TM157879 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping |
Eastern Union Railway Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping |
London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Platforms | 3 |
| History | |
| 12 December 1849 | Opened |
| 18 April 1966 | Closed to freight |
| 7 November 1966 | Closed to passengers |
| 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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Tivetshall was a railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line located in Tivetshall, Norfolk. It was also the western terminus of the Waveney Valley Line from Beccles. It was first opened when Norwich and London were connected by the Eastern Union Railway in 1849. The EUR was taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway before becoming the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. The station building was believed designed by Frederick Barnes (Architect) who was responsible for designing a number of other stations at this time in East Anglia.
In 1855 the Waveney Valley Line was opened as far as Harleston being extended to Bungay in 1860, and finally to Beccles.
In the 1880s there were four main line trains each way serving Tivetshall and five trains serving the Waveney Valley line.
Water troughs were installed near Tivetshall station in 1896) which allowed non-stop trains to pick up water without stopping. These were taken out of service in 1945.
On 31 August 1907 Arthur Hardiment attempted to save an 18 month old toddler from an oncoming express train. The toddler managed to get clear but Hardiment was struck by the engine suffering injury as a result. For this action he was awarded the Albert Medal Second Class for gallantry receiving his award at Windsor Castle from King Edward VII on 13 November the same year.
In 1923 the operation of Tivetshall station was taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway.
Following nationalisation in 1948 the station became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways.
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