Bittern Line

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Bittern Line
A Class 156 train at Worstead in 2008
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Norfolk, England
Termini	Norwich Sheringham
Stations	10
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Greater Anglia
Rolling stock	Class 755
History
Opened	1874–77
Technical
Line length	30 miles 22 chains (48.7 km)
Number of tracks	1–2
Character	Rural line
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
North Norfolk Railway (former M&GN to Melton Constable) Sheringham (NNR preserved station) Sheringham West Runton Cromer Beach Cromer High Roughton Road Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway to Yarmouth Beach via Mundesley-on-Sea Gunton (for Northrepps Aerodrome) to Cromer Beach via Mundesley-on-Sea to Yarmouth Beach M&GN to Melton Constable North Walsham Worstead Bure Valley Railway former line to County School Hoveton & Wroxham for The Broads River Bure Salhouse Wherry Lines to Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft River Yare River Yare Great Eastern Main Line to London Liverpool Street Norwich

The Bittern Line is a railway branch line in Norfolk, England, that links Norwich to Sheringham.^[1] It passes through the Broads on its route to an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the north Norfolk coast.^[2] It is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in the reedy wetlands of Norfolk.

The line is 30 miles 22 chains (48.7 km) in length and there are 10 stations. It is part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11, and is classified as a rural line.^[3]

Passenger services are operated by Greater Anglia, which also manages all of the stations.