The former railway station in Pulham Market (station front)

Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 23 Nov 2009

The station used to be on the Waveney Valley Line. The Waveney Valley Line ran from a junction with the London to Norwich mainline at Tivetshall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1572341 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1572337, servicing the market towns of Harleston,, Bungay and Beccles, where it connected with the East Suffolk line to Yarmouth. The line was opened between 1855 and 1863 but its first stations (Starston > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1592857 and Redenhall) were closed as early as 1866. The passenger service was eventually withdrawn in 1953. Freight services were but back in 1960 and in 1966 the line was closed. Part of its route - between Harleston and Broome - has since been taken over by the realigned A143 road. The signal post on the end of the platform came from Tivetshall, where it once controlled the traffic from the Waveney Valley Line onto the main line. The original signal post stood on the other side of the road. The area depicted here was taken up by a huge, 6 metres (20 feet) long signal box, which virtually touched the house and reached right out to the roadside. (Information kindly supplied by Mr B Read)

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