Haddiscoe railway station (formerly Haddiscoe Low Level) is on the

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in Norfolk, England, named after the village of

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, some distant, although the village of

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on the other side of the River Waveney is closer. It is down the line from on the route to and is situated between and . Its three-letter station code is HAD. It is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station. Haddiscoe station is remote, positioned as it is at the end of a minor road, though it does have a car park.

History

An earlier Haddiscoe station was opened by the Norfolk Railway in 1847 but was later closed by the

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in 1904. It was replaced by this station, originally named Haddiscoe Low Level, at the junction of the Wherry Line and the now closed Yarmouth-Beccles Line from London to Yarmouth. An existing station on the Yarmouth-Beccles Line at this junction was renamed from Herringfleet Junction to Haddiscoe High Level at the same time. Both the High Level station and the Low Level station operated until the British Transport Commission withdrew services on the Yarmouth line in 1959 and closed the associated High Level station.

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subsequently renamed the remaining station Haddiscoe. A link between the two lines existed, controlled by Haddiscoe Junction signal box. In 1961,the signal box was preserved in the transport gallery at the

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, where it was adapted to display various kinds of signalling equipment.''Railway World'' December 1967, p. 543 In 1995 it was moved to the

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Services

the typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service at Haddiscoe is as follows:

References

* Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. .

External links

Mangapps Railway Museum
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