Mid-Norfolk Railway

  • Get back on the rails in Norfolk

    Get back on the rails in Norfolk

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    The Mid-Norfolk Railway will reopen on April 29, with trains initially running from Dereham station to Thuxton.

  • MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY OPERATIONS MANAGER – Full time, Permanent Contract.

    MID-NORFOLK RAILWAY OPERATIONS MANAGER – Full time, Permanent Contract.

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    The Mid-Norfolk Railway operates East Anglia’s longest heritage railway which runs between Dereham, Wymondham and North Elmham with long term ambitions to restore the line further north to County School.

  • Mid-Norfolk Railway restructures its leadership team

    Mid-Norfolk Railway restructures its leadership team

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    The management of the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) is to be restructured with new arrangements to be put in place for the beginning of 2023. As part of the plan, the post of general manager is to be made redundant on December 31. The Trust Council of the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust, which operates the line,…

  • Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

    Delayed start to Mid-Norfolk services

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    Over-running engineering works have seen a delay to the planned start of passenger services on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

  • Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

    Stadler 755/4 approved for use by ORR

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    THE Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has approved the use by Greater Anglia (GA) of the Stadler ‘Flirt’ Class 755 four-car bi-mode multiple units.  These are the first Swiss trains to be built for the privatised railway, with testing only starting in January.  GA has ordered 24 four-car sets (and also 14 three-car, which…

  • Two ‘Cromptons’ take centre stage at North Norfolk gala

    Two ‘Cromptons’ take centre stage at North Norfolk gala

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    THE North Norfolk Railway’s June 14-16 mixed traction event had mixed fortunes regarding loco availability.  ‘Deltic’ No. 55009 Alycidon had to be replaced by Spa Valley Railway Class 33 No. 33063 R. J. Mitchell, but the line-up had an unexpected boost by the arrival of another of the type.  After delivering No. 33063 on June 11 the lorry…

  • Mid-Norfolk Railway gala showcases new sidings

    Mid-Norfolk Railway gala showcases new sidings

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    THE Mid-Norfolk Railway’s April 5-7 diesel gala started in glorious sunshine, but the number of passengers was low.  Trains ran between Dereham and Wyndham only, but a problem with the signalling installed in connection with the new storage sidings at Kimberley Park led to delays, amounting to about 40 minutes by the end of the…

  • Mid-Norfolk preparing to store Greater Anglia stock

    Mid-Norfolk preparing to store Greater Anglia stock

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    THE Mid-Norfolk Railway has completed track changes and the installation of five sidings in preparation to store rolling stock for Greater Anglia. The project is known as Operation Hedgehog.  A 1½-mile-long second track has been laid between Hardingham and Kimberley Park, along with five sidings just north of Kimberley Park. The work has been financed…

  • Class 03 returns to Norfolk

    Class 03 returns to Norfolk

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    CLASS 03 No. 03197 (right of image, below), stands on newly laid track at Hardingham on the Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) in October. It arrived from a gala appearance on the Isle of Wight earlier in the month (RM Nov, p99) and is now assisting with track laying by contractor Sonic Rail Services (SRS), for storing Greater…

  • Prototype HST power car works to North Pole

    Prototype HST power car works to North Pole

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    THE Mid-Norfolk Railway (MNR) has hired in a loco with electric train heating each year for its popular ‘Polar Express’ trains, and for 2018 this was prototype HST power car No. 41001. It arrived by road from GCR (N) Ruddington on November 20 and worked its first train on the MNR on November 24. The…

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