Platforms in use 2 | Grid reference TF617180 | |
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Original company Eastern & Midlands Railway Post-grouping Midland and Great Northern Joint RailwayEastern Region of British Railways Similar Melton Constable railway st, Grimston Road railway st, Raynham Park railway st, Fakenham West railway st, Caister Camp Halt railway st | ||
South Lynn railway station was a station located in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.
History
The Lynn & Sutton Bridge Railway was authorised on 6 August 1861, to build a line between those points. It was opened between King's Lynn and Sutton Bridge in November 1864; passenger trains began on 1 March 1866. The first station after King's Lynn was West Lynn, which was located at the western end of the bridge over the Great Ouse; that station was closed on 1 July 1886. The station at South Lynn was opened on 1 January 1886 along with other improvements in the area.
South Lynn station was closed to passengers on 2 March 1959. It was located at the southern end of King's Lynn, and saw far less traffic than King's Lynn railway station.