History
Before rail closures of the 1950s and the later Beeching Axe the station was the largest of three major railway stations in the town, and was then known as Yarmouth Vauxhall.. Yarmouth Beach station was located on Nelson Road and was owned by M&GN who ran services up the Norfolk coast to Melton Constable and Peterborough. It was closed in 1959 and is now a coach station although plans exist to turn the area into offices. Yarmouth South Town railway station was owned by the Great Eastern Railway but operated as the a Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway and ran services through Gorleston and Lowestoft to join with the current East Suffolk Line for a mainline service to London. It was closed in 1970.
Yarmouth Vauxhall, now named just Great Yarmouth, is the only station to remain open. Services used to be run by Great Eastern Railway, and later LNER to Norwich. It was opened in 1844 when the line to Norwich through Reedham became one of the first railways in the county to open. The station was extensively damaged in World War II and was rebuilt in 1960. There used to be large sidings and an engine shed before they were demolished to make way for the new Asda superstore and bypass.
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