Bluestone railway station

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Template other 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.

History

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The station in 1963

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.

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The site today

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The station in 2009

The stationmaster's house remains in situ, with Weavers' Way footpath now occupying the trackbed.

External links

• OS map of Oulton and the railway in 1946
• The station on a 1920s OS map