GC43K76 Yarmouth beach railway station (Traditional Cache) in Eastern England, United Kingdom created by thecrone5

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GC43K76 ▼

A cache by thecrone5 Message this owner

Hidden : 12/31/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A nice little cache at the old Yarmouth beach rail station.

You are looking for a small screwtop container hiden somewhere by the old great yarmouth rail station, not much remains now just a few of the old tracks to show were the tracks used to be. There is now a road cutting thorough were the station used to be and the area is now used as a coach station, there may be muggles around so you may have to be stealthy. well done Chidly FTF once again.

A little history on the old station.

Great Yarmouth's Beach Station was originally the terminus of the Great Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway and was situated in the north of the town on Nelson Road, close to some of the principal hotels. It opened on August 7th 1877 and was initially isolated, serving only the stations at Caister-on-Sea, Great Ormesby, Hemsby and Martham. In the following year the company changed its name to the Yarmouth & North Norfolk Light Railway and began extending to Stalham and North Walsham. The line opened as far as Stalham in 1880 and included additional stations at Potter Heigham and Catfield. In 1883, the company amalgamated with the Lynn & Fakenham Railway to form the Eastern & Midlands Railway, itself becoming part of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway in 1893. During the early years of the 20th century Gt. Yarmouth became a very popular destination for holidaymakers from the Midlands with thousands arriving at the Beach Station during peak periods. Additional halts opened in 1933 at Yarmouth Newtown, Caister Camp, California, Scratby, Little Ormesby, Potter Heigham Bridge and Sutton Staithe to cope with the extra traffic and to deliver the visitors directly to the holiday camps. However during the 1950s traffic started to decline with the rising popularity of the motor car and on February 28th 1959 almost the whole of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway network, including the line from Gt. Yarmouth Beach Station closed for the last time. The station was converted for use as a coach station in 1962 and the majority of the station buildings and the platforms remained in place until 1986 when they were demolished to allow the site to be "improved". It remains in use as a coach station to this day where a short section of line is displayed as a memorial to its past.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)