2015

TG1141 : Awaiting departure from Weybourne station

taken 9 years ago, near to Weybourne, Norfolk, England

Awaiting departure from Weybourne station
Awaiting departure from Weybourne station
The Midland & Great Northern began as a series of locally promoted lines built to serve rural areas and challenge the monopoly of the Great Eastern Railway in west and north Norfolk. The section between Holt, Weybourne and Sheringham along with the section to Cromer was built by the Eastern & Midlands Railway and opened on 16th June 1887 and was built to exploit the rapidly growing tourist market. Mergers over the years created a sprawling network which was unified in 1893. It had 186 route miles, stretching from Peterborough and Little Bytham near Bourne in the west to Great Yarmouth, Norwich and Cromer in the east. Most of its route was single track with passing places at stations. Almost all of the M&GN closed on 28th February 1959. The section between Melton Constable and Sheringham via Weybourne lingered on and closed in 1964.

When the Eastern & Midlands Railway extended the line from Holt to Cromer in 1887 there was no station at Weybourne. In the tourist boom of the late 1890s, the M&GN decided that they would attempt to develop Weybourne as a holiday resort. The station was built in 1900 and opened to passengers on 1st July 1900. It was built to serve the Weybourne Springs Hotel which was built at the same time - this has now been demolished.

Weybourne station closed in 1964 but the track was relaid in 1966 and trains first ran through here in 1975 as part of the North Norfolk Railway. A steam train bound for Holt awaits departure. The bridge carries Station Road over the line. It is a London Midland and Scottish Railway Class 5 4-6-0 number 45337, almost universally known as the Black Five.

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TG1141, 380 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 13 July, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 17 July, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 1182 4190 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:55.9615N 1:9.0173E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 1175 4187
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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