| Wisbech and Upwell Tramway | |
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.jpg) A train on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, pulled by steam tram locomotive 68225, running without sideplates. | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; Upwell, Norfolk, England |
| Open | 20 August 1883 |
| Close | 31 December 1927 (passengers), 23 May 1966 (freight) |
| Status | Closed |
| Infrastructure | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Propulsion system(s) | Steam and diesel |
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The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway was a rural standard gauge tramway in East Anglia. It was built by the Great Eastern Railway between Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and Upwell, now in Norfolk, to carry agricultural produce. Although called a tramway, in many ways it more closely resembled a conventional railway line and paved the way for the passing of the Light Railways Act 1896.