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Heacham was a railway station which served the seaside resort of Heacham in Norfolk, England. Opened in 1862, the station became a junction where services left the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line for Wells on the West Norfolk Junction Railway, which opened in 1866. [2] The station closed with the Hunstanton line in 1969.
Replaced in 1904 by the modern Haddiscoe railway station. Haddiscoe High Level: Haddiscoe: 1 June 1859 [39] 2 November 1959 [38] Great Eastern: Hardingham: Hardingham: 15 February 1847 [40] 6 October 1969 [40] Great Eastern: Now part of the Mid Norfolk Railway: Harleston: Harleston: 1 December 1855 [41] 5 January 1953 [41] Great Eastern ...
The waiting rooms of this old railway station on the disused line between Kings Lynn and Hunstanton,has now been transformed into holiday homes. Date 14 February 2010
The name Heacham is more likely to derive from the local river, the Hitch, in conjunction with the Old English place-word "ham", [6] which meant either "homestead, village, manor, estate" or "enclosure, land hemmed by water or marsh or higher ground, land in a river bend, river meadow, promontory". [7] In 1085 Heacham manor was given by William ...
The West Norfolk Junction Railway was opened in August 1866. The line came from Heacham on an 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (29.8 km) single track aimed at exploiting the great arc of coastline between Hunstanton and Yarmouth. 1866 saw the start of a major financial crisis triggered by the collapse of Overend Gurney Bank; the year also saw the outbreak of a "cattle plague" in North Norfolk which impacted ...
Camping coaches were first introduced by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1933, when they positioned ten coaches in picturesque places around their network. [1]The following year, two other railway companies followed suit: the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, with what it originally called "caravans", and the Great Western Railway which called them "camp coaches".
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Meadows Embankment is a tram stop on the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) network. The stop is situated in the Meadows area of the city of Nottingham just to the north of the Wilford Toll Bridge across the River Trent. It is situated on reserved track and comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the tracks.