Station Name: NORWICH CITY[Source: Glen Kilday]
Norwich City Station Gallery 6: 1966 - January 1977 
A snowy picture of the entrance to the remaining goods facilities at Norwich City in 1966. The station building and shortened awning were still in place.
Photo copyright Eastern Daily Press  Looking south towards Norwich city centre from the east platform in August 1967. The station was still open for freight traffic at this time and it would remain open until February 1969. The only traffic is likely to have been coal and it is clear from this view that a coal merchant was still operating from this station. The coal sidings were some distance to the north-west of the passenger platforms.Photo by David Pearson 
Norwich City finally closed to all traffic in 1969 by which time the state of dereliction was clear to see. The post-war station building, constructed as a temporary measure after the 1942 bombing of the city, was still in place.
Photo from Stuart McPherson's Flickr Photostream  The abandoned east platform at Norwich City as it was in 1969 when the line closed completely.
Photo from Stuart McPherson's Flickr Photostream  Norwich City was a sorry sight in January 1970.Photo from John Mann collection 
Demolition of Norwich City station is underway c1971.
Photo copyright Gill Wright 
Entrance to the coal yard in Heigham Street in 1972. The water tower stood at the end of the coal sidings. Sections of the boundary wall can still be seen in Heigham Street in front of Pickford's warehouse. Photo by Joe Mason from his blog for memories of East Anglia 
The stable block at Norwich City in 1972.The picture was taken shortly before the contractors moved in to clear the goods yard site which is now Barker Street. The building can be seen in two of the 1949 aerial views.
Photo by Joe Mason from his blog for memories of East Anglia 
The handsome stables block at the road entrance to Norwich City’s goods yard as seen in 1973. The weigh office is seen on the far right in front of the building. The main access into the goods yard was between the stable block and the weigh office.
Photo by Joe Mason from his blog for memories of East Anglia  Norwich City station had two water tanks mounted on brick towers. The larger one was sited alongside the engine shed road to the north of the passenger platforms. This smaller tower was sited at the south end of the coal yard. It is visible on one of the 1949 aerial photos. Pickford’s warehouse is seen in the background
Photo by Joe Mason from his blog for memories of East Anglia 
In October 1976 most of the City station site had been cleared awaiting redevelopment. At this time the outer shells of the two bay platforms survived. This view is from the east bay looking towards the city centre. It clearly show the station was poorly sited some distance from the city centre.
Photo
by Mark Dufton
When this photograph was taken in January 1977 the site of Norwich City station had been extensively cleared for redevelopment. The remains of the bay platforms and buffer-stops were still in place. The east side platform facing, on the right of the image, has survived to some extent and was dug out by the Friends of Norwich City Station after 2011
Photo by David Burrows from his Flickr photostream  Looking north from the former station platform area in January 1977, the site of Norwich City had been taken over by property developers and tracts of land were for sale. Photo by David Burrows from his Flickr photostream Click here for Norwich City Station Gallery 7:
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