Wymondham Junction railway station is a proposed railway station on the preserved heritage
Mid-Norfolk Railway
The Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway, one of the longest in Great Britain. Preservation efforts began in 1974, but the line re-opened to passengers only in the mid-1990s as part of the "new generation" ...
in the
English
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county of
Norfolk
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The station is planned to be constructed just south of the adjacent Cemetery Lane level crossing close to the line's junction with the mainline
Breckland Line
The Breckland line is a secondary railway line in the east of England that links in the west to in the east. The line runs through three counties: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk. It takes its name from the Breckland region of Norfolk, ...
. The proposed station site is near to the Breckland Line's
Wymondham station, which is operated by
Greater Anglia on the
National Rail
National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales. The TOCs run the ...
network, thus providing more convenient access for people wishing to visit the heritage railway than its current southern terminus,
Wymondham Abbey
Wymondham Abbey (pronounced ''Windum'') is the Anglican parish church for the town of Wymondham in Norfolk, England.
History
The monastery was founded in 1107 by William d'Aubigny, Butler (Pincerna) to King Henry I. William was a prominent No ...
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Proposed railway stations in England
Heritage railway stations in Norfolk
Wymondham, Norfolk
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