Holt railway station
Holt | |
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![]() Site of Holt's original railway station | |
General information | |
Location | Holt, North Norfolk England |
Coordinates | 52°54′15″N 1°05′40″E / 52.904195°N 1.094488°E |
Grid reference | TG082385 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Eastern & Midlands Railway Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway |
Post-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
Key dates | |
1 October 1884 | Opened |
6 April 1964 | Closed to passengers |
28 December 1964 | Closed to freight |
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Holt railway station served the town of Holt in Norfolk, England. It was part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network, which spread over much of East Anglia, providing connections to Cromer, Norwich and Yarmouth. The station was closed in 1964 and the site is now occupied by a main road. There are proposals to rebuild the line through the town, as part of an orbital railway scheme, and possibly a new station to serve the town.[1]
History
Construction
In 1880 and 1881, the Lynn & Fakenham Railway obtained successive
Station building
The original 1884 building consisted of little more than a sleeper platform and basic wooden buildings. Upon the completion of the line to Cromer, more durable buildings – most likely designed by William Marriott – were built; these included a brick-built main station building of typical Midland and Great Northern (M&GN) design, with a central block and two projecting gabled cross wings – the central portion being set back slightly to form a loggia for passengers on the down platform. A wooden waiting shelter was erected on the up platform with a saw-tooth canopy. The original wooden station building later became a 'reading room' at Melton Constable station.[4] Holt station was destroyed by fire in 1926 and a concrete replacement was built.[5]
Decline and closure
When most of the former M&GN railway lines were closed in 1959, the branch through Holt remained open until 1964.
Following closure of the line between Melton Constable and Sheringham, the station buildings at Holt were demolished and part of the trackbed subsequently reused to construct part of the
Present and future
The proposed
The project is facilitated by the fact that reinstatement through Holt remains technically possible, as the
See also
References
- ^ "Holt Neighbourhood Plan Adopted". Norfolk Orbital Railway. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Jenkins, S.C., p. 16-17.
- ^ Jenkins, S.C., p. 21.
- ^ Jenkins, S.C., p. 93.
- ^ a b Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Society, "Holt Station".
- ^ "Stalham history". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
- ^ Jenkins, S.C., p. 138-139.
- ^ Norfolk Orbital Railway Archived 9 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Holt Station". North Norfolk Railway.
Bibliography
- Jenkins, Stanley C. (1991). The Melton Constable to Cromer Branch. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-419-9.
External links
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Weybourne Line closed, station open |
Midland and Great Northern Cromer Branch |
Melton Constable Line and station closed | ||
Future services | ||||
Weybourne Line closed, station open |
Norfolk Orbital Railway | Melton Constable Line and station closed |