As part of the national Community Rail Week celebrations, the Bittern Line and Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnerships travelled to London Liverpool Street Station to promote their new line guides and timetable booklets.
The latest version of the Bittern Line Guide includes a map of the route and information on the towns, villages and major attractions to be found nearby as well as maps of Cromer, Sheringham and North Walsham and the railway timetable.
The Wherry Lines guide also includes the railway timetable and tourist information and, for the first time, includes both rail and local bus timetables, enabling people taking the train to Lowestoft to also board buses at the town’s railway station to popular coastal resorts such as Southwold, Hopton, Gorleston and Great Yarmouth, plus major tourist attractions including Pleasurewood Hills theme park and the Africa Alive wildlife reserve.
Chris Mitchell, chair of Wherry Lines CRP, said: “We are delighted to launch our latest line guide and timetable. Following our recent work with First Bus to enable two major bus routes to use the Lowestoft Station bus interchange, we are pleased to have included timetables for their 99 Southwold and X1 Great Yarmouth services, supporting greater connectivity between bus and rail.”
David Pearce, chair of Bittern Line CRP, said: “It’s some years now since both Bittern Line and Wherry Lines stepped in to print railway timetables after the industry ended production.
“I’m pleased that these publications continue to prove hugely popular, enabling those unable to access online information to have both printed timetables and an array of information on the towns and attractions along our routes.”
Some 25,000 of each of the free guides are currently being distributed to a host of outlets across Norfolk & North Suffolk and are also available at Lowestoft Station Shop & Tourist Information Office, Diss, Norwich and Great Yarmouth stations as well as the North Norfolk Railway Shop in Sheringham and Cromer Town Council Offices.
Copies can also be obtained by post by sending an A5 stamped addressed envelope (minimum stamp 91p) to: Lowestoft Station Shop & Tourist Information, Lowestoft Railway Station, NR32 2EG and stating preference for either the Bittern Line or Wherry Lines guide.
Keep up to date with future news, projects and events from Community Rail Norfolk via the Wherry Lines CRP website and Bittern Line CRP website
Learn more about Greater Anglia’s work in the community here.
