Bluestone railway station

Bluestone railway station was a station in Norfolk, England. It was on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between Corpusty and Aylsham North. It opened in the late 19th century, to serve the surrounding farms and settlements, and closed in 1916 owing to poor use.^[2]

Bluestone
The station in 2009; it is now a private house
General information
Location	Heydon and Oulton, Broadland England
Grid reference	TG141267
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Eastern and Midlands Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Key dates
5 April 1883	Opened
1 March 1916[1]	Closed

It was located between the villages of Heydon and Oulton, with the station lying just within Heydon's civil parish. RAF Oulton, a now-disused airfield, was constructed in 1939-40 between the village of Oulton and the site of the station.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Corpusty and Saxthorpe Line and station closed		Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line		Aylsham North Line and station closed

References

The station in 1963

The station in 2009

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 85. OCLC 931112387.
2. Norfolk By Rail – Private Railways and Heritage Locations Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Bluestone railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• OS map of Oulton and the railway in 1946
• The station on a 1920s OS map

52.7962°N 1.1738°E / 52.7962; 1.1738