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The Eaton Park Miniature Railway (EPMR) is situated in
Eaton Park Eaton Park is a large public park located in Eaton, Norwich, England. It is 80 acres in area. History The park was laid out in 1923 as part of a public works programme instigated by the city council to try and address the post-war crisis of ...
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Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
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Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. Construction began in 1957 and the loop of elevated and gauge track opened in May 1960, with public being carried on Summer Sundays. In the 1970s the line was extended to . In 2004 a second ground level line, of mixed and gauge, was constructed, and there is now over of track on the site. In February 2013 work started on a tunnel, designed to also serve as a secure trolley shed.Norfolk Railway Society, February News


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For More info visit the link below, http://www.friendsofeatonpark.co.uk/railway.html Norwich Miniature railways in the United Kingdom {{England-rail-transport-stub