Wells and Walsingham Light Railway

Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Norfolk Hero taking on water at Wells station.
Locale	North Norfolk
Terminus	Wells-next-the-Sea Walsingham
Commercial operations
Name	LNER
Original gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by	Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
Stations	5
Length	4 mi (6.4 km)
Preserved gauge	10+1⁄4 in (260 mm)
Commercial history
Opened	1845
Closed	1964
Preservation history
1979	Rebuilding commenced, converted to 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm)
1982	Light Railway Order granted
1982	Reopened to public
Website
https://www.wwlr.co.uk/

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Legend
Depot Wells on Sea Leicester lime works The Midden Halt Bridge 1731 - Warham Road Level crossing Warham Bridge 1730 Bridge 1729 - works access (water pumping station) Bridge 1728 - Wells Road Wighton Halt (1st station 1982-2005) Bridge 1727 Clipper Lane Wighton Halt (originally Seton's Halt) Farm occupation crossing Farm occupation crossing Sewage works Level crossing Barnards Cutting (reconstructed in 1999) Bridge 1726 - Westgate Bridge (over Edgar Road) Walsingham

The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge heritage railway in Norfolk, England running between the coastal town of Wells-next-the-Sea and the inland village of Walsingham. The railway occupies a four-mile (6.4 km) section of the trackbed of the former Wymondham to Wells branch which was closed to passengers in stages from 1964 to 1969 as part of the Beeching cuts. Other parts of this line, further south, have also been preserved by the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

Despite its miniature dimensions, the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a "public railway", indicating that its operation is established by Act of Parliament. The original establishment of the preserved line was authorised by the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway Order 1982, the terms of which were altered under the subsequent Wells and Walsingham Light Railway (Amendment) Order 1994.^[1] Prior to 1982 the 15 in (381 mm) gauge Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway had traded as "The World's smallest public railway", a phrase sometimes quoted by the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway since the 1982 Light Railway Order.