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Lowestoft North railway station was in Lowestoft, England. It closed in 1970.〔(Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Yarmouth South Town Station )〕 The station was located just to the east of the A12, opposite the Denes High School; a site which is now occupied by Beeching Drive. ==History== Lowestoft North was opened on 10 July 1903 by the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway as part of its line from Yarmouth to Lowestoft. As the last Norfolk & Suffolk station on the line, it was situated from Yarmouth Beach railway station. The station covered a large area and was provided with two long platforms lit by electric lamps in anticipation of large numbers of passengers. The station was located immediately to the north of the Yarmouth Road and comprised imposing station buildings on either side of the tracks, which were connected by a footbridge. On the Down side, there was a spacious goods yard with a weighing machine and cattle pens. The station remained little changed during its lifetime. Before the line that served this station was built, it was intended for the line to branch off just to the south of Lowestoft North Station to a terminus station called Lowestoft Beach, on the Denes, because the owning company could not obtain powers to take the line into Lowestoft Central Station (then just called Lowestoft Station). This was resolved and the proposed Lowestoft Beach terminus and branch was never built. The station became an important coal depot with the line dealing with 20,000 tons of coal a year. It was also a popular location for the movement of troops by the military which had camps nearby on the North Denes and on what is now Corton Road playing field. The March 1908 timetable shows three weekday afternoon/evening services from Lowestoft North to Yarmouth Beach; the journey time was 26 minutes. The first service departed at 1317, arriving at Yarmouth Beach at 1343, then proceeding via (1454), (1530), (1656), (1734), (1802) and terminating at (1845). The development of holiday camps along the Suffolk coast from the 1930s onwards brought lengthy trains to the Yarmouth-Lowestoft line. In the 1950s, The Easterling departed from at 1500 on summer Saturdays, travelling to via and Lowestoft North, its first stop being at where it reversed. Each Saturday during the summer of 1957 the local passenger service was supplemented by two trains to Liverpool Street and four trains bringing passengers in the opposite direction. There was also a service in each direction to Derby and Leicester, plus a through train to York. For several years, Lowestoft North had a static camping coach in a siding; it was used as accommodation for holidaymakers. In September 1966, the line was singled and all intermediate stations became unstaffed halts. From this point onwards, it became a deteriorating ghost line. In the last few years before closure, the line became a long siding providing a skeleton passenger service which was very cheap to run and with no level crossings of any importance. Once staff had been withdrawn, access to the station was via a side gate rather than through the booking hall which was locked out of use. The station closed on 4 May 1970 The goods yard closed on 6 November 1967.and the next day Lowestoft North signal box also closed, the last Norfolk & Suffolk box still in use at the time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lowestoft North railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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