Sidestrand Halt railway station

Sidestrand Halt
Location
Place	Sidestrand
Area	North Norfolk
Grid reference	TG257396
Operations
Post-grouping	Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
22 May 1936	Opened
7 April 1953	Closed
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Sidestrand Halt was a railway station on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway which briefly served the Norfolk coastal village of Sidestrand from 1936 to 1953.

History

Much like its counterpart at Cromer Links Halt, Sidestrand consisted of a simple wooden platform capable of accommodating one coach. Hidden away at the end of a public footpath, the station did not have any ticket-issuing facilities, and these could only be purchased on the trains. The halt had been opened in an attempt to increase revenues on the line by further exploiting the tourist potential of "Poppyland", but in the event it only lasted seventeen years and closed along with the section of the line between Cromer and Mundesley in 1953.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Overstrand		Norfolk and Suffolk Cromer Line		Trimingham