Corton railway station

Corton railway station served the village of Corton, in Suffolk, England.^[1] It was a stop on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway line between Yarmouth Beach and Lowestoft Central.^[2]

Corton
General information
Location	Corton, East Suffolk England
Grid reference	TM539970
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway British Railways
Key dates
13 July 1903	Opened
13 July 1964	Closed to freight
4 May 1970	Closed to passengers
Location

History

The station opened on 13 July 1903.^[3]

The station was host to a LNER camping coach from 1935 to 1939 and may have had a coach visiting in 1935.^[4] A coach was also positioned here by Eastern Region of British Railways from 1952 to 1954, then there were two coaches until the end of the 1960 season. These were replaced in 1961 by a Pullman camping coach which was joined by another Pullman in 1962, until all camping coaches in the region were withdrawn at the end of the 1965 season.^[5]

The station closed, along with the rest of the line, on 4 May 1970.^[3]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Hopton-on-Sea		Norfolk and Suffolk Yarmouth-Lowestoft Line 1903-1970		Lowestoft North

The site today

Corton is the only station building, apart from Lowestoft Central, remaining on the route of the line. It is currently in use as a private residence; the trackbed has been filled to platform level and, while the canopy is still in existence, it is looking very run down and forlorn.