Belton & Burgh was a station in the

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

village of Belton on the outskirts of

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but also served the village of

Burgh Castle Burgh Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the east bank of the River Waveney, some west of Great Yarmouth and within the Norfolk Broads National Park. The parish was part of Suffolk until 1 ...

about 3.5 km away. It once saw trains on the main line from Yarmouth South Town to

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, but was closed in 1959 as part of a major re-evaluation of the

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network. It was on a connecting branch between Great Yarmouth and

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.Belton & District Historical Society - The railway line from Gt. Yarmouth Southtown to St. Olaves/File0182a
/ref> The site of the station can still be located. It is now a modern house where Station Road South meets Station Road North. A notable bump in the road signifies where the track once crossed. The station was on the left, travelling north to south, with the house having a "Platform 3" sign hanging by the driveway. On the right, an access road to a camp site is on the old track bed going off towards St. Olaves.

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Belton and Burgh station in 1963

Disused railway stations in Norfolk Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1859 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 1859 establishments in England 1959 disestablishments in England {{EastEngland-railstation-stub