The Railways of Great Yarmouth. Pt 1 Yarmouth Vauxhall.

In this series of videos I shall take a brief look at the railways of Great Yarmouth.
Pt 1 Yarmouth Vauxhall.
Pt 2 Quayside Tramway.
Pt 3 Yarmouth SouthTown.
Pt 4 Yarmouth Beach and Associated lines.
A short history of each and what remains now.
Maps courtesy of :- Google Maps.
RailMaps Online
National Library of Scotland.
Videos :- My own.
Any third party material referenced under Section 107 of the US Copyright Law exercising `Fair Use` guidelines.

[@trainsonthebrain]

Wonderful - liked the use the whiteboard too! Looking forward to next part - good to see those sidings brought back into use, shame about the signalling changes!

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks very much. Yes I'm surprised the old signaling lasted so long.

[@alejandrayalanbowman367]

I used all three of the Great Yarmouth stations back in 1958/59. I worked for the Met Office in those days and the Upper Air Training School (where they taught one how to send up weather balloons and how to analyse the data that was sent back) was located beside the Hemsby to Great Ormesby road. The service on a Sunday which took me from Southend Victoria via Shenfield arrived at Yarmouth South Town which I recall as being a not unpleasant terminus station. I, like most of the trainees, stayed at the Gables Guest House on Yarmouth Road run by an appropriately named couple, Mr & Mrs RKO Guest, ably assisted by a Mrs Wilson.
If one stayed to the end of the performance at the cinema in Yarmouth on a Saturday, one could miss the last bus back to Hemsby, BUT there was always the train which left later from Yarmouth Beach station.
One weekend, I was returning home and had to use Yarmouth Vauxhall to travel via Norwich (where the train reversed) and change at Colchester. By the time the train got to Colchester, after hammering down via Diss, the loco had bust a gut and steam was pouring out everywhere.

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks for that. Its always nice to hear something about the history of the local area. In parts 3 & 4 I shall be looking at South Town and Beach stations.

[@allcarspares6321]

A very interesting video, I've heard about all the changes, unfortunately not for the better, such a shame so much was lost,

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you . I`m afraid it is progress.

[@grahamwarnes7147]

Another fantastic video. Looking forward to PT2👍

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you Graham, Pt 2 will be next week.

[@MrFactotum]

vert interesting video, great history, that can be mirrored where i live and i suppose all over the country, on to part 2 next
stay safe
regards
mr f

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks for your comment. Yes railway history is fascinating as it compasses many other related subjects.

[@bryannewman5012]

Great video, looking forward too the next ones. I wonder how many people who visit today realise that this place had three stations!

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you, yes most people only know Yarmouth as a seaside resort. It was also a large fishing port and now it serves the north sea off shore industries.

[@lewis72]

No chance of any copyright infringement with that map, unless your grand daughter demands royalties.
The engine shed was demolished around 1985, when the new ASDA was built. It was long gone by 1993.
Track for Platform 1 has now been lifted, which you probably mention in Pt 2.

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks for your comments.

[@poprodder]

Great video, but the engine shed was demolished in 1988, as the asda store opened in 1989.

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks for your comments. I got the date 1993 from a book/mag called On Shed by Kelsey media 2018. But I guess if Asda was built in1989 then they would not have wanted an old steam shed as part of their complex. Of course they could always have turned it into a themed cafe ha ha.

[@poprodder]

@@nutmeg5032 it disappeared in less than a day, real shame. Strange thing is I now work at asda.

[@_RabbitLeader]

Just like Harrogate in the 1980’s losing its shunting yard to a supermarket development , removing all railway infrastructure other than the bare essential lines into a station. Perhaps some sidings are ripe for development but all loop lines should be held in railway ownership because plans change and there could come a time when they decide need to re use.

[@nutmeg5032]

Fortunately the sidings at Yarmouth now are home to about 70 redundant carriages, some will find use elsewhere.

[@_RabbitLeader]

Sad how UK has stripped out all its sidings and redundant loop lines.

[@nutmeg5032]

Yes I think they regret it now.