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Great Yarmouth railway station, formerly known as Yarmouth Vauxhall railway station, is in Great Yarmouth in the English county of Norfolk. The station is one of the termini of the Wherry Lines from Norwich. There are two routes to Norwich, one via Acle and Lingwood and the other via Reedham, Berney Arms and Cantley. The two routes join up at Brundall railway station where they continue to Norwich. The station is served by Abellio Greater Anglia who operate an hourly service to Norwich each day of the week, with the service becoming half hourly during peak periods. As of May 2011 there are frequent weekend Saturday services to/from London Liverpool Street to cater for tourists heading to the town. Most services travel via the Acle branch with only a few services operating via the remote village of Berney Arms and Reedham. Facilities on offer at the station include a ticket office, a small newsagents and coffee kiosk, a burger van, public telephones, waiting room, toilets (disabled), bicycle and taxi ranks, bus stop and a taxi office. == History == The station was opened by the Yarmouth and Norwich Railway (Y&NR) on 1 May 1844, and was originally named ''Yarmouth Vauxhall''. The Y&NR line to Norwich through Reedham was one of the first railways in the county to open. The Y&NR was later absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway, which amalgamated with several other railways on 1 January 1923 to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). On 1 January 1948, the LNER itself amalgamated with other railways to create British Railways (BR). The station name was simplified to ''Yarmouth'' by BR at some point between 1953 and 1962.〔 The station was extensively damaged in World War II and was rebuilt in 1960. Before rail closures of the 1950s and the later Beeching Axe the station was the largest of three major railway stations in the town.〔(Great Yarmouth's Rail Connections ) 〕 Yarmouth Beach station was located on Nelson Road and was owned by M&GN who ran services up the Norfolk coast to Melton Constable and Peterborough. It was closed in 1959 and is now a coach station although plans exist to turn the area into offices. Yarmouth South Town railway station was owned by the Great Eastern Railway but operated as the a Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway and ran services through Gorleston and Lowestoft to join with the current East Suffolk Line for a mainline service to London. It was closed in 1970. Yarmouth Vauxhall, named ''Great Yarmouth'' since 16 May 1989, is the only station to remain open. There used to be large sidings and an engine shed before they were demolished to make way for the new Asda superstore and bypass. 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「Great Yarmouth railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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