🚉 Ellingham railway station

Ellingham is a former railway station in Ellingham, Norfolk. It was opened in 1863 as part of the Waveney Valley Line between Tivetshall and Beccles, Suffolk. The railway was crucial during World War II. A fuel storage depot and sidings were constructed in 1943, along with defence works: a pillbox near the bridge, plus a searchlight and machine gun protecting the marshes on the west of Station Lane. It was closed to passengers in 1953 and closed fully on 19 April 1965, when the last goods train called there. The station building has since been converted into a private house, the platform is still in place.