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The North Norfolk Railway (NNR) – also known as the "Poppy Line" – is a 5 + 1 ⁄ 4-mile (8.4 km) heritage steam railway in Norfolk, England, running between the towns of Sheringham and Holt. The North Norfolk Railway is owned and operated as a public limited company , [ 1 ] originally called Central Norfolk Enterprises Limited.
The North Norfolk Railway also operate a number of goods vehicles. These are classified as either 'operational' for use in engineering trains, 'heritage' which are suitable for use in a demonstration heritage freight train that is used on special occasions, or 'museum' if only allowed to run short distances.
Sheringham is the name of a preserved railway station in Sheringham, Norfolk. It was once part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway network and closed in 1967 when a new station was opened by British Rail c.200m eastwards. Since July 1975 it has served as the eastern terminus of the North Norfolk Railway.
The Norfolk Orbital Railway is a proposal to link the Mid-Norfolk Railway and the North Norfolk Railway to create a line running from Sheringham to Wymondham, restoring regular services to Fakenham and Melton Constable. [4] In 2008 Hunstanton Council considered a proposal to re-open the line from King's Lynn, but decided against it. [5]
Holt railway station, opened in 1987, is the current terminus of the North Norfolk Railway and is a new-build station half a mile south of the proposed, but never built, Blakeney branch junction. The station building once belonged to Stalham railway station , but was moved and reconstructed on site. [ 1 ]
Preserved British Railways Standard 7MT 70013 Oliver Cromwell near Hethersett in 2010, hauling a special train bound for the North Norfolk Railway. The Breckland line is a secondary railway line in the east of England that links Cambridge in the west to Norwich in the east.
Sheringham railway station is the northern terminus of the Bittern Line in Norfolk, England, serving the town of Sheringham. It is 30 miles 22 chains (30.28 mi; 48.7 km) down the line from Norwich , including the reversal at Cromer .
53809 on the North Norfolk Railway, August 2023. No. 89/53809 is owned by John Moorhouse and operated by the 13809 Preservation Society Ltd. Following restoration at Swanwick in 1980 in LMS livery as 13809, it worked through the 1980s and early 1990s, reverting to its BR Number 53809 in 1987 (with the Early Crest), before being withdrawn for ...