Victoria Station

Last Monday I led a Heritage Walk for the Pit Stop to the old Norfolk and Norwich Hospital on St Stephen’s Road.  On the way we stopped off at the site of the old Victoria Station which is now where Marsh was located.  I was never really clear on the orientation of the station until I saw the two pictures below.  The first shows the entrance to the station with the four pillars, the second photo (which is a little fuzzy) shows the station aligned at 45 degrees to Queens Road (on the left), you can see the four pillars of the entrance (towards the right) and you will note that the goods yard buildings on the left are twice the size of the passenger buildings on the right, which is why it was probably converted to a goods yard in 1916 and finally closed in 1966 although the coal yard further up the line operated until 1986.  Victoria Station was the main railway link with London from mid 19th century to 1916 before the passenger line was changed to Thorpe Station.  

Here is a map of the railway lines that fed the four Norwich stations during 1914.  This shows how the lines to Victoria and Thorpe Station were linked together bringing about the closure of passenger traffic at Victoria.  Note that Thorpe Station was originally linked to Yarmouth, Cromer and Lowestoft only.

Stay healthy!

Regards

Mike