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Yarmouth Beach railway station was a railway station serving Great Yarmouth, Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Yarmouth Beach Station
/ref> It lacked the direct routes of its rival at Yarmouth Vauxhall, instead taking a winding path across Norfolk without serving major towns.
Yarmouth Beach station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Yarmouth Beach station on 1887 O. S. map with current overlay
Aerial photograph from 1926 by Aerofilms
{{coord, 52.6110, 1.7335, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Norfolk Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1877 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 Great Yarmouth
Yarmouth Beach railway station was a railway station serving Great Yarmouth, 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 ...
. It was opened in 1877 by the Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway. In 1893 it was taken over by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) was a railway network in England, in the area connecting southern Lincolnshire, the Isle of Ely and north Norfolk. It developed from several local independent concerns and was incorporated ...
which had built a large network of track over East Anglia, initially conceived to transport holidaymakers from the Midlands to their destinations on the Norfolk coast. Acquiring Yarmouth Beach station fitted into this grand strategy. The line was also dependent on use by local travellers.
Use of the line gradually began to decline and by the 1950s competition from the roads diminished passenger numbers. Yarmouth Beach and the line it stood on closed in 1959 along with most of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (M&GNJR) was a railway network in England, in the area connecting southern Lincolnshire, the Isle of Ely and north Norfolk. It developed from several local independent concerns and was incorporated ...
network, now in British Railways hands. Following closure, the site was used as a coach station and the station buildings were demolished in 1986. The site is now a coach and car park./ref> It lacked the direct routes of its rival at Yarmouth Vauxhall, instead taking a winding path across Norfolk without serving major towns.
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Yarmouth Beach station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Yarmouth Beach station on 1887 O. S. map with current overlay
Aerial photograph from 1926 by Aerofilms
{{coord, 52.6110, 1.7335, type:railwaystation_region:GB, display=title Disused railway stations in Norfolk Former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1877 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1959 Great Yarmouth