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Aylsham South railway station
Former railway station in Norfolk, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the former Great Eastern Railway station. For the current Bure Valley Railway station, see Aylsham railway station. For the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway station, see Aylsham North railway station.
Aylsham South railway station served the town of Aylsham in Norfolk from 1880 to 1981. The period station buildings were subsequently demolished in 1990 to allow for the construction of Aylsham railway station, the northern terminus of the Bure Valley Railway, a narrow gauge operation which reuses some of the trackbed of the old railway line.
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Aylsham South | |
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![]() Aylsham South station in 1990, shortly before demolition. | |
General information | |
Location | Aylsham, Broadland England |
Grid reference | TG195264 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 January 1880 | Opened as Aylsham |
27 September 1948 | Renamed Aylsham South |
15 September 1952 | Closed to passengers |
1 March 1977 | Closed to freight |
10 July 1990 | Aylsham railway station (BVR) opened on same site |
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