Bluestone railway station
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Bluestone | |||||
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 The station in 2009; it is now a private house | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Heydon and Oulton, Broadland England | ||||
| Grid reference | TG141267 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Eastern and Midlands Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 5 April 1883 | Opened | ||||
| 1 March 1916[1] | Closed | ||||
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Bluestone railway station served the villages of Heydon and Oulton, in Norfolk, England. It was a stop on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway.
The station opened in the late 19th century to serve the surrounding farms and settlements. It lay just within Heydon's civil parish. RAF Oulton, a now-disused airfield, was constructed in 1939-40 between the village of Oulton and the site of the station.
It was closed in 1916, owing to low passenger numbers.[2]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corpusty and Saxthorpe Line and station closed |
Midland and Great Northern Yarmouth Line |
Aylsham North Line and station closed | ||
