The definitive view of Berney Arms platform as it was for many decades, looking towards Yarmouth. 16th June 1985. Photo: Alan Jones.

A detailed view of the running-in board at Berney Arms, believed to be of LNER origin. Note that the posts are made of Bullhead rail but with rounded tops. The lamp was essential to allow drivers of stopping trains to brake appropriately in the dark - with no electricity on the platform, night time at Berney Arms is very dark! 16th June 1985. Photo: Alan Jones.

Berny Arms station approach, 16th June 1985. Not designed for high throughput! Photo: Alan Jones.

With Berney Arms Mill in the background, the 17.25 Norwich to Yarmouth crosses over the path from Halvergate village and into the station on 13th June 1986. Photo: Alan Jones.

The Summer months can be very hot on the exposed marshes around Berney Arms. In the heat of the midday sun, Metro-Cammell set 72 (E51201 and E54347) pulls out of Berney Arms on 30th June 1990 with the 11.40 Yarmouth-Norwich. Photo: Alan Jones.

The atmospherics on the marsh can be quite remarkable and Kodachrome was able to capture something of these. In weak Autumn afternoon sun, Metro-Cammell set 101654 (E54408 and E51800) pulls out of the station with the 16.00 Yarmouth to Norwich on September 26th 1992, as the temperature drops and the mist rolls in. Photo: Alan Jones.

With the start of the Summer 91 timetable, the oil lamp was removed, night-time departures ceased (allegedly on Health and Safety grounds) and Berney Arms' Monday-Saturday services were reduced from 5-6 per day each way to 2. This pattern has remained essentially unchanged to the present day. In the Regional Railways era, Class 153 No. 153311 draws into the station on 11th June 1994 with the last train of the day, the 17.40 Yarmouth to Norwich. Photo: Alan Jones.

The new running-in board at Berney Arms is an excellent piece of work and fits its location perfectly. 15th October 2016. Photo: Alan Jones.

The real value of two routes to Yarmouth was shown on Summer Saturdays when many additional workings could be accommodated. In latter years, although the numbers of such workings reduced, through trains from Liverpool Street provided the unusual sight of electric locomotives on the Yarmouth lines. On September 14th 2013, the last through train of the day from London is seen heading back empty stock to Crown Point as 5V28, the 16.25 from Yarmouth with 47802 on the front and 90015 at the rear. Photo: Alan Jones.

The service at Berney Arms is busier on Sundays than any other day of the week, catering for visitors to the RSPB Berney Marshes and formerly the mill and the pub. On September 20th 2009, 156419 slows for its call with the 11.36 (Sunday) Norwich to Yarmouth. The mill at Seven Mile House, half way between Berney Arms and Reedham, can be seen to the left. Photo: Alan Jones.

The personal touch. The guard of the 12.18 (Sunday) Yarmouth to Norwich spends a minute chatting to two walkers who have just alighted at Berney Arms on September 20th 2009. Photo: Alan Jones.

Wickhampton church can be seen in the background as Metro-Cammell Class 156 No. 156402 works the 11.36 (Sunday) Norwich to Yarmouth on 9th September 2012. Photo: Alan Jones.

The terrain around Berney Arms station is marshland, with many drainage channels. On Sunday September 9th 2009, Class 156 No. 156402 in Chapelfield Shopping Centre advertising livery, stops with the 12.18 Yarmouth to Norwich. Photo: Alan Jones.

When the oil lamp was removed from Berney Arms station in 1991, the last train of the day at around 6pm was reduced to calling only during daylight hours, restricting it to April-September. Outside these dates it passes through non-stop. On 14th September 2013, with two weeks left to go, 156419 calls with the 17.47 Yarmouth to Norwich. Part of the offshore Scroby Sands Windfarm can be seen to the right. Photo: Alan Jones.

Next to the Berney Arms pub was a small shop that served tourists on the Broads. Three ladies return to their boats as a Class 153 and 156 pass through the station on the 13.15 (Sunday) Norwich to Yarmouth. 15th August 1993. Photo: Alan Jones.

Complete with K6 telephone kiosk, the Berney Arms is seen on 13th June 1986. The difference in height between ground level and the river bank is significant and maintenance is an ongoing activity for the Broads Authority. Photo: Alan Jones.

Berney Arms is truly a special place and so, exceptionally, the gallery includes this view of the Mill, the River Yare and the Pub. Together with the RSPB reservation, these are the reasons most people travel to the station. The Mill is currently closed for major renovation and the pub is also closed, having had a difficult history since long-serving landlords Robert and Steven retired in the early 2000s. Let us hope both are back in business soon. 15th October 2016. Photo: Alan Jones.