Bure Valley Railway | |
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Loco No. 6 'Blickling Hall' and its train arrive at Wroxham | |
Locale | Wroxham 52°43′00″N 1°24′30″E / 52.7168°N 1.4084°E |
Terminus | Aylsham 52°47′28″N 1°15′17″E / 52.7911°N 1.2548°E |
Commercial operations | |
Name | East Norfolk Railway |
Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Preserved operations | |
Operated by | Bure Valley Railway |
Stations | 5 |
Length | 9 mi (14.5 km) |
Preserved gauge | 15 in (381 mm) |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 1880 |
Closed to passengers | 15 September 1952 |
Closed | 6 January 1982 |
Preservation history | |
10 July 1990 | opened |
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The Bure Valley Railway is a 15 in (381 mm) minimum gauge visitors' attraction in Norfolk, England. It was created on the original disused full-gauge bed of a defunct passenger service to incorporate a new, adjacent pedestrian footpath.
The railway runs from Wroxham to Aylsham (9 miles or 14.5 kilometres) and is Norfolk's second longest heritage railway. It uses both steam and diesel locomotives. There are intermediate halts at Brampton, Buxton and Coltishall. There are 17 bridges, including a 105-foot (32 m)-long girder bridge over the River Bure in Buxton with Lammas, and the Aylsham Bypass Tunnel under the A140 at Aylsham.
The railway is listed as exempt from the UK Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2000.[1]