MIDLAND & GREAT NORTHERN JOINT RAILWAY MISCELLANY
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SOUTH LYNN - Looking west, from the footbridge I assume, in around the mid '60's I suspect. Pointers Storage Ltd have had their buildings erected over part of the West Yard, behind the Class 03 shunter, although I think the Goods Shed in the old Western Yard is still there. In the distance is the abandoned Single Line Junction Signalbox with a buffer stop to the right of it to prevent access to the river! The lines on the extreme left lead down to Saddlebow Sugar Beet Factory. The loco depot has been demolished, as have all the station buildings and the wooden platform. The line to Kings Lynn Harbour Junction is still open. The mainline stayed in operation for a daily goods train as far as East Rudham until May 1958. The coal depot closed in May 1966. The sugar beet factory closed in 1994 and the whole site has been cleared and redeveloped. The A47 bypass runs almost exactly along this alignment now.