Free admission to Sheringham Museum for rail passengers during 1940s Weekend
Passengers arriving in Sheringham by train this week have the opportunity to visit the town’s museum free of charge. With the town set to welcome thousands of visitors for its annual 1940s Weekend over 21-22 September, the Bittern Line Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has teamed up with Sheringham Museum to enable anyone with a valid […]
Popular summer bus service linking station with seaside is saved
A popular summer bus service described as a vital link for tourism will run again this year after the Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP) stepped in with new funding. With Great Yarmouth Station located some distance from the beach, bus station and town centre, it means that rail passengers arriving at the resort will […]
Young people create posters bringing rail travel and local landscapes to life
A group of young people have created a series of railway posters promoting sustainable travel and the unique natural habitats throughout the Broads National Park as part of the Wherry Lines CRP-funded Rails, Sails and Trails education project. To kick off the creative process, young people aged 13-16 years attending National Saturday Club (NUA) sessions […]
Wherry Lines CRP sponsor summer bus service linking railway station to town
A new daytime bus service has been launched in Great Yarmouth, linking the town’s railway station with the seafront, town centre, and one of the area’s largest holiday parks.
Station to host special celebration of Town’s Co-operative Heritage
The Community Rail facilities at Lowestoft Railway Station will host a special celebration of the town’s Co-operative heritage in October with memories of the former CWS Canning Factory that once employed over 1000 people in the town. Originally planned as part of the September Heritage Open Day’s festival, the event was postponed following the death […]
Wherry Lines CRP help people discover how to travel around Norfolk and Suffolk
Special train trips from Norwich to Lowestoft have taken place to help local young people and newly settled families discover the joys of the Broads National Park and the Suffolk Coast. The Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP) worked with the Henderson Trust, New Routes Integration, the Broads Authority’s National Lottery Heritage Funded project Water, […]
Wherry Lines CRP opens historic swing bridge for Heritage Festival
The Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership and Lowestoft Central Project will once again play a key role in the Lowestoft Heritage Open Day’s Festival which opens this Friday, 9 September, with the town set to host more than 120 events, more than any other town or city in England. As part of the nine-day festival, […]
Printed timetables help people without internet access on Bittern and Wherry Lines
The Bittern Line and Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnerships (CRP) have worked with rail operator Greater Anglia to produce new paper timetables for their Norfolk and North Suffolk routes in support of people without Internet access – and with the added benefit of supporting tourism in those areas. 10,000 timetables have been produced for the […]
In Memory of Peter Mayne (1950-2022)
We were all saddened to hear that Peter William Mayne, Chair of the Bittern Line CRP and Chair of Community Rail Norfolk (the parent organisation of both the Bittern Line and Wherry Lines CRPs), sadly passed away earlier last month. Peter was a generous, kind-hearted ambassador for community rail whose enthusiasm was infectious, and he […]
