as far as the first station west of Yarmouth Vauxhall at . The system settled down for the next four decades, apart from the disruption of World War I. The difficult economic circumstances that existed after the war led the government to pass the Railways Act 1921, which led to the creation of the Big Four. The GER amalgamated with several other companies to form the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). Yarmouth Vauxhall became an LNER station on 1 January 1923. In May 1943, the station was badly damaged during an air raid. The upper floor of the station building had to be demolished, but train services continued to operate during this period. The remainder of the original station building was demolished and rebuilt in 1960. On nationalisation in 1948, the station and its services became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways. The station was renamed Yarmouth by British Railways at some point between 1953 and 1962. Before rail closures of the 1950s and the later Beeching Axe, the station was the largest of the three major railway stations in the town. The three stations had been linked together since 1882 by the Yarmouth Union Railway. The station is now the sole surviving station in the town. The station was renamed Great Yarmouth on 16 May 1989. There used to be large sidings and an engine shed before they were demolished to make way for an Asda superstore and bypass. On privatisation the station and its services were transferred to Anglia Railways, which operated it until April 2004 when National Express East Anglia won the replacement franchise, operating under the brand name "one" until February 2008. From February 2012 Abellio Greater Anglia took over operating the franchise. The town was also formerly served by the following stations: Yarmouth Beach was located on Nelson Road and owned by the M&GN, which ran services along the Norfolk coast to and . The station closed in 1959 and the site is now a coach station, although plans exist to turn the area into offices. Yarmouth South Town was owned by the Great Eastern Railway but also served as the terminus for the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway, which ran services through and to join with the current East Suffolk Line for a mainline service to London. It closed in 1970. Newtown Halt was located on Salisbury Road and was owned