Great Yarmouth Beach Coach Station ? 1971

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 26 Sep 1971

The interest of this picture apart from the coach is that it shows the re-use of the former Yarmouth Beach railway station. This had been built by the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway in 1877, closing with most of the former lines of that company in 1959. The long platform and its awning on the west side of the station were retained as passenger shelter, with coaches using the area formerly occupied by the tracks. This view https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6274595 shows what now fills the space formerly occupied by the platform. The coach seen here AMX8A, no.218 in the fleet of the Cambridge based firm Premier Travel, which was an important provider of local service in the Cambridge area and also long distance coach and excursion services. It is not displaying a destination, so is more likely to an excursion rather than a scheduled service. The coach is a fine example of the Harrington Cavalier model in its 36 ft long version, on an AEC Reliance chassis, originally new to Valliant of Ealing in 1963. This coach still survives (2020) in private preservation, in Valliant livery. This is one of a series of views featuring buses in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2114547&displayclass=slide

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