Mid-Norfolk Railway
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The Mid-Norfolk Railway is a 17+1⁄2 miles preserved standard gauge heritage railway, one of the longest in Great Britain. Preservation efforts began in 1974, but the line re-opened to passengers only
Dereham station on the Mid Norfolk Railway
A GER Class T26, a type often used on passenger trains to Wells before the Grouping, after which most such trains were operated by Claud Hamilton 4-4-0s.
Bridge 1692, partially rebuilt for double track, showing 1965 to present day singled line.
Derelict remains of Dereham station in 1990.
Wymondham to Wells Branch
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The Wymondham to Wells Branch was a railway built in stages by the Norfolk Railway, Eastern Counties Railway and Wells and Fakenham Railway between 1847 and 1857. The railway ran from Wymondham in the
Mid-Norfolk Railway
…line re-opened to passengers only in the mid-1990s as part of the "new generation" of heritage railways. The MNR owns and operates most of the former Wymondham-Fakenham branch line of the Norfolk Railway. The branch opened in 1847, was closed to passengers in stages from 1964 to 1969 as part of the Beeching cuts, and was finally…
Visual effect of original double track restored near Wymondham Abbey.
Looking towards Wells, 1990s