North Norfolk Railway

The Poppy Line: the last stretch of the Midland & Great Northern in Norfolk, carrying passengers again since July 1975, from the seaside at Sheringham past Weybourne to Holt.

The Midland and Great Northern opened its line from Melton Constable through Holt to Cromer in two stages, in 1884 and 1887, and Weybourne gained its station in 1903. The Beeching report ended passenger trains between Melton Constable and Sheringham in 1964, and preservationists kept the stretch from Sheringham to Holt. Trains leave Sheringham close to the main-line station, run near the coast to Weybourne and then turn inland across Kelling Heath to Holt.

Stations

1. 0 kmSheringham
2. 4 kmWeybourne
3. 5 kmKelling Heath Park
4. 8 kmHolt

The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.

Along the way

• Sheringham station
• The coast towards Weybourne
• Weybourne station
• Kelling Heath
• Holt

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 180793: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
• Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the North Norfolk Railway?

The North Norfolk Railway runs 8 km from Sheringham to Holt.

How long does the North Norfolk Railway take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 25 min for the 8 km. That is an average of 19 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.

Who runs the North Norfolk Railway?

North Norfolk Railway, with heritage steam & diesel.

How old is the North Norfolk Railway?

The line has been in service since 1975. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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