Tivetshall railway station

Tivetshall
Location
Place	Tivetshall St Margaret
Area	District of South Norfolk
Grid reference	TM157879
Operations
Pre-grouping	Eastern Union Railway Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	3
History
12 December 1849	Opened
18 April 1966	Closed to freight
7 November 1966	Closed to passengers
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Tivetshall was a railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line located in Tivetshall, Norfolk. It was also the western terminus of the Waveney Valley Line from Beccles. It was first opened when Norwich and London were connected by the Eastern Union Railway in 1849. The EUR was taken over by the Eastern Counties Railway before becoming the Great Eastern Railway in 1862. The station building was believed designed by Frederick Barnes (Architect) who was responsible for designing a number of other stations at this time in East Anglia.^[1]

In 1855 the Waveney Valley Line was opened as far as Harleston being extended to Bungay in 1860, and finally to Beccles.

In the 1880s there were four main line trains each way serving Tivetshall and five trains serving the Waveney Valley line.

Water troughs were installed near Tivetshall station in 1896^[2]) which allowed non-stop trains to pick up water without stopping.^[3] These were taken out of service in 1945.^[4]

On 31 August 1907 Arthur Hardiment attempted to save an 18 month old toddler from an oncoming express train. The toddler got clear but Hardiment was struck by the engine suffering injury as a result. For this action he was awarded the Albert Medal Second Class for gallantry receiving his award at Windsor Castle from King Edward VII on 13 November the same year.^[5]

In 1923 the operation of Tivetshall station was taken over by the London and North Eastern Railway.

Following nationalisation in 1948 the station became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways.

In the early 1950s there were eight main line trains each way serving Tivetshall and seven trains serving the Waveney Valley line.

Passenger services on the Waveney Valley line ceased in 1953; goods services continued on the line until 1966.

Station site in 2009.

1966 saw an end to the local freight services in April and with the withdrawal of the local Ipswich to Norwich passenger service the station closed on 7 November.^[6][7]

The signal box survived for a further twenty years but following resignalling and electrification of the line this closed. At this time the remaining station buildings were demolished although the goods shed was still extant in 1994.^[8]

Former services

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Coordinates: 52°26′50″N 1°10′29″E / 52.4472°N 1.1747°E / 52.4472; 1.1747