Overstrand railway station

Disused railway station in Norfolk, England

Overstrand railway station was a station in North Norfolk on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway, serving the settlement of Overstrand.^[1] It opened on 3 August 1906 and was much used in the summer months by holidaymakers.^[2]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach in 1938 and 1939.^[3] Two coaches were also positioned here by Eastern Region of British Railways in 1952.^[4]

The station closed when this part of the line closed to passengers on 7 April 1953.^[2]^[5] Since 1959 the station has become a private house.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cromer Links Halt		Norfolk and Suffolk Cromer Line		Sidestrand Halt

References

^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18
^ ^a ^b Quick, Michael (2022) [2001]. Railway passenger stations in Great Britain: a chronology (PDF). version 5.04. Railway & Canal Historical Society. p. 349. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022.
^ McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. p. 10. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
^ McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. p. 50. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
^ Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. p. 8 (ref 0352). ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

External links

Overstrand station on 1946 O. S. map

Disused railway stations of Norfolk

Great Eastern
Railway

Great Eastern Main Line	Norwich Victoria Trowse Swainsthorpe Flordon Forncett Tivetshall Burston
Breckland line	Spinks Lane Roudham Junction Hethersett
Fen line & environs	Denver Emneth Hilgay Holme Magdalen Gate Middle Drove Ouse Bridge Smeeth Road St Germain's Stow Bardolph Walsoken
Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway	Abbey and West Dereham Ryston Stoke Ferry
King's Lynn to Dereham	Middleton Towers East Winch Bilney Narborough & Pentney Swaffham Sporle Dunham Fransham Wendling Scarning
King's Lynn to Hunstanton	North Wootton Wolferton Dersingham Snettisham Heacham Hunstanton
Heacham to Wells	Sedgeford Docking Stanhoe Burnham Market Holkham Wells
Waveney Valley line	Pulham Market Pulham St Mary Starston Harleston Redenhall Wortwell Homersfield Earsham Ditchingham Ellingham Geldeston
Wymondham to Wroxham Line	Hardingham North Elmham County School Foulsham Reepham Cawston
Other lines	Aldeby Belton & Burgh Holme Hale Ashwellthorpe Fakenham East Haddiscoe Haddiscoe High Level Roudham Junction Ryburgh Stow Bedon St Olaves Thetford Bridge Walsingham Watton Whitlingham Wighton Halt Wretham & Hockham

Midland and
Great Northern

Norwich to Cromer Branch	Norwich City Hellesdon Drayton Attlebridge Lenwade Whitwell & Reepham Guestwick Hindolvestone Melton Constable Holt
Walpole to Melton Constable	Walpole Terrington Clenchwarton South Lynn Gayton Road Grimston Road Hillington Massingham East Rudham Raynham Park Fakenham West Thursford
Melton Constable to Great Yarmouth Branch	Corpusty and Saxthorpe Bluestone Aylsham North Felmingham North Walsham Town Honing Stalham Sutton Staithe Halt Catfield Potter Heigham Potter Heigham Bridge Halt Martham Hemsby Little Ormesby Halt Great Ormesby Scratby Halt California Halt Caister Camp Halt Caister-on-Sea Newtown Halt Yarmouth Beach

Norfolk and
Suffolk

Cromer to North Walsham	Cromer Links Halt Overstrand Sidestrand Halt Trimingham Mundesley-on-Sea Paston & Knapton
Great Yarmouth to Hopton	Yarmouth South Town Gorleston North Gorleston Gorleston Links Hopton