Photo: Glen Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsOut of Norwich through the Broads at Wroxham to the North Norfolk coast at Cromer and Sheringham, where the North Norfolk Railway takes over.
The Bittern Line leaves Norwich northwards through Salhouse to Hoveton and Wroxham, the boating capital of the Broads and interchange for the narrow-gauge Bure Valley Railway. It continues through Worstead and North Walsham, with its market and Paston history, to Gunton, Roughton Road and Cromer.
At Cromer the train reverses; the pier and the crab boats are a short walk down the hill. The final leg to West Runton and Sheringham runs beside the coast, ending at a modern platform across the road from the North Norfolk Railway's original station, from where steam trains run to Holt.
Greater Anglia's Class 755 bi-mode units work the route. Wroxham, North Walsham and Cromer are the stops to plan around. The line took its name in 1997 from the reedbed bird when it became one of the first community rail partnerships.
After the reversal at Cromer the sea is on the right all the way along the coast to Sheringham.
Sides are given facing the direction of travel. Miles are approximate from the start of the journey.
Yes; the North Norfolk Railway station is across the road at Sheringham, with an occasional through connection over the level crossing.
Yes: Liverpool Street to Norwich takes under two hours, then an hour to Sheringham.
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