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{{Short description|Narrow-gauge railway in Norfolk, England}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Heritage Railway
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|image     = [[Image:BVR Class ZB No 6 Blickling Hall Train Arrive Wroxham.jpg|centre|300px]]
|caption   = Loco No. 6 'Blickling Hall' and its train arrive at Wroxham
|locale    = [[Wroxham]]<br />{{coord|52.7168|1.4084|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|terminus  = [[Aylsham]]<br />{{coord|52.7911|1.2548|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline|name=Aylsham South station}}
|linename  = [[East Norfolk Railway]] 
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|operator = Bure Valley Railway
|stations = 5
|length   = {{convert|9|mi|km|1|abbr=on}}
|originalopen = 1880
|closedpassengers = 15 September 1952
|closed   = 6 January 1982
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{{Bure Valley Railway}}

The '''Bure Valley Railway''' is a {{Track gauge|15in|lk=on}} [[minimum gauge]] visitors' attraction in [[Norfolk, England|Norfolk]], England. It was created on the original disused trackbed of a standard gauge railway to incorporate a new, adjacent pedestrian footpath.

The railway runs from [[Wroxham]] to [[Aylsham]] ({{convert|9|mi|km|1|disp=or}}) and is Norfolk's second longest [[heritage railway]]. It uses both [[steam]] and [[Diesel engine|diesel]] locomotives but has recently purchased a Battery Electric Locomotive to join the fleet.  There are intermediate halts at [[Brampton, Norfolk|Brampton]], [[Buxton, Norfolk|Buxton]] and [[Coltishall]].  There are 17 bridges, including a {{convert|105|ft|m|0|adj=on}}-long girder bridge over the [[River Bure]] in [[Buxton with Lammas]], and the [[Aylsham Bypass Tunnel]] under the [[A140 road|A140]] at [[Aylsham]].

The railway is listed as exempt from the UK [[UK Notified Bodies|Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2000]].<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exclusions-from-the-railways-interoperability-regulations-2011/approved-list-of-exclusions-from-the-scope-of-the-railways-interoperability-regulations-2011 Approved List of Exclusions from the scope of the Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011]</ref>

== History ==
{{Refimprove|section|date=November 2022}}[[File:RHDR No 1 Green Goddess Aylsham.jpg|thumb|left|Aylsham station's large train shed, with visiting RHDR No. 1 'Green Goddess'.]]
[[File:Steel girder bridge over the River Bure - geograph.org.uk - 1272945.jpg|thumb|left|This girder bridge takes the Bure Valley Railway over the River Bure. The bridge is 105 feet long and by far the largest bridge on the line.]]
[[File:Bure Valley Railway track - geograph.org.uk - 453957.jpg|thumb|left|Bure Valley Railway track approaching Aylsham, showing how the formation is split between the railway and permissive footpath.]]
[[File:Coltishall Bure Valley train geograph-3854771-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|Bure Valley train at Coltishall, 1994.]]
[[File:House beside the railway line - geograph.org.uk - 1059246.jpg|thumb|left|Belaugh Green, one of the unprotected, [[Level crossings in the United Kingdom|open level crossing]]s on the line.]]

The railway is built on part of the trackbed of the [[East Norfolk Railway]] (ENR). The ENR started in 1877 when the East Norfolk Railway opened from [[Norwich, England|Norwich]] to [[Cromer]], with an extension from [[Wroxham]] to [[Aylsham]] in 1880. The western extension was planned by Edward Wilson & Co. in 1876, with the line being constructed by William Waddell at a cost of £44,000, initially employing 100 men, 10 horses and 43 waggons.{{sfn|Joby|1975|p=29}}

The ENR was taken over by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] in 1882, although they had always held a controlling interest in the company,{{sfn|Joby|1975|p=25}} with the GER completing the line's extension to [[County School railway station|County School]] on the [[Norfolk Railway]]'s line.  The GER was amalgamated into the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] in 1923, and the [[rail nationalisation|railway was nationalised]] in 1948.

On 15 September 1952 the [[passenger train|passenger]] service stopped, and the line between Foulsham and Reepham was closed to all traffic, but the [[freight train|freight]] service continued on the remainder of the line.{{sfn|Joby|1975|p=43}} {{stnlnk|Buxton Lamas}}, as it was then known, closed for goods in 1964, and Aylsham and [[Coltishall]] in 1974.

Freight trains continued to run over the line after this for two principal sources of traffic. From September 1960, the line west of Aylsham via [[Cawston, Norfolk|Cawston]] and [[Reepham, Norfolk|Reepham]], which originally went to the junction at [[County School railway station|County School Station]], instead turned south via a new curve at Themelthorpe to join a fragment of the old [[Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway|Midland and Great Northern]] system to reach {{stnlnk|Lenwade}} and {{stnlnk|Norwich City}}.

[[Coal]] traffic continued to be carried from {{stnlnk|Norwich Thorpe}} via [[Aylsham]] to Norwich City There was also regular traffic from Lenwade in the form of concrete building components.

This traffic ended in 1981 and the line through Aylsham formally closed on 6 January 1982.  A weed-killing train ran in 1983 and track-lifting trains ran the following year.

== Reopening ==

The [[trackbed]] was purchased by Broadland District Council, initially with plans to develop it as a long-distance footpath.  In 1986, however, the idea of using part of the closed line as an operational railway was considered.  Equipment and experience of railway operation came from Robert Hudson and John Edwards, who supplied railway equipment to [[Pleasurewood Hills]], with ''Pleasureworld'', under Chairman Joe Larter, providing tourism experience.  Graham Fowler, of Broadland District Council, was later appointed the first General Manager.  Grants from the [[English Tourist Board]] and [[Department of the Environment]] helped launch the £2.5 million scheme.<ref name="JOBY 1991">{{cite book |last=Joby |first=R.S. |date=1991 |title=Bure Valley Railway, The Broadland Line |location=Norwich |publisher=Jarrold Publishing |page=6 |isbn=0-7117-0395-7}}</ref>

Forty three objections to the restoration of the line were made to the [[Light Railway Order]], for the following reasons:
* the appearance of the railway in the landscape;
* the possible effect on property values;
* possible congestion in Aylsham, including access to/from the station;
* the width of the footpath adjacent to the railway,
* the security of the fence separating it from the railway;
* possible noise from premises at Aylsham Station associated with sheet metal working. 

Many of these issues were resolved by conducting a comparative study between the proposed Bure Valley Railway and the established [[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway]], with various mitigations required of the new company.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bure Valley Railway: an environmental impact assessment |date=1988 |first1=J. H. |last1=Farrington |first2=D. M. |last2=Ord (1988) |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=210–218 |doi=10.1080/02688867.1988.9726691 |journal=Project Appraisal |publisher=Beech Tree Publishing|doi-access=free }}</ref> Consent was given for the rebuilding of the line in 1987, despite local objections and with complaints from residents of [[Buxton with Lamas]] initially seeing plans for a restored station in the village dropped.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Tourists' railway is welcomed |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |date=1987}}</ref>

Track relaying, using 30-foot section flat-bottom steel rail (BS 30 m) secured by [[Pandrol]] [[Rail fastening system|clips]],<ref name="JOBY 1991"/> was well-underway in September 1989, with {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} of the track relaid and claims that the new railway would create about 60 jobs.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Valley line still steaming ahead |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |date=1 September 1989}}</ref>  In 1990, the station buildings at Aylsham, one of the most complete remaining Great Eastern station complexes in Norfolk, were demolished to make way for the new Bure Valley Railway headquarters.  Construction of the line created the [[Aylsham Bypass Tunnel]], Norfolk's only operational railway tunnel, which carries the railway under the Aylsham [[Bypass (road)|Bypass]] replacing the original standard gauge [[level crossing]]. [[Cromer Tunnel]] in Cromer, the only other surviving railway tunnel in the county, is disused.

The Bure Valley Railway opened on 10 July 1990 under the management of RKF Leisure which had purchased the trackbed.<ref name="RW-0691">{{cite journal |title=Preservation review: All change at Bure Valley |journal=Railway World |date=June 1991 |editor-last1=Leigh |editor-first1=Chris |volume=52 |issue=614 |page=329 }}</ref> The opening ceremony saw a series of issues, including overloading of the first train, causing it to stall at Coltishall for 30 minutes with defective brakes.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Red faces as new railway hits snags |work=Eastern Daily Press |location=Norwich |date=11 June 1990}}</ref>  

===Receivership and rescue by Broadland District Council===
When the RKF's parent company, RKF Group Plc, went into receivership in January 1991, [[Broadland District Council]] moved quickly to acquire the line from the receivers as it feared that property developers might seize the opportunity to take control of the land.<ref name="RW-0691"/> Agreement was reached with [[Ffestiniog Railway]] director Mike Hart to set up a new company, Bure Valley Railway (1991) Ltd, to lease and operate the line.<ref name="RW-0691"/> A [[long distance footpath]] ([[rail trail]]) opened alongside it in 1991.

In 1993 Mike Hart sold his interest in Bure Valley Railway (1991) Limited to Robert Baker of Sudbury, Suffolk. In 1995 control passed to Westernasset Limited. In 2001 control of Westernasset was acquired by Andrew Barnes. Westernasset was subsequently wound up and shares in Bure Valley Railway (1991) Limited were held directly by Andrew Barnes, who operates the railway on a not for profit basis with the support of many volunteers.

Broadland District Council considered selling the line to the Bure Valley Railway in June 2017, but this was delayed by Brexit, resulting in a partnership approach being made by Norfolk County Council, which it was felt would improve the opportunities for funding and ensure the retention of the permissive footpath alongside the line.  The council's managing director stated that it was important that "members should be sure about what they were seeking to achieve by the disposal of the railway".<ref>Broadland District Council January 15 2019 Cabinet Minutes</ref>  The Council changed its mind before the transaction was completed and the route continues to be owned by Broadland District Council. In 2019 Norfolk County Council received £1.2 million [[Interreg]] funding to invest in refurbishments along the Bure Valley route.  This was additional to the £10,000 annual maintenance budget the council employs on the line.<ref>Broadland District Council August 2 2019 Cabinet Agenda</ref>

In March 2020 the Bure Valley Railway threatened to take the council to the [[Office of Rail and Road]] over a claimed contractual failure to adequately maintain fences and structures along the line for which the council has responsibility.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/bure-valley-railway-threatened-broadland-council-with-watchdog-maintenance-1512266 |title=Railway threatened to take council to watchdog over upkeep 'dereliction' |work=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |last=Frank-Keyes |first=Jessica |date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>

===COVID-19 and financial troubles===

In April 2020 the railway stated that they were in difficulties due to the impact of the [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]] on their operations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/railway-fears-hard-decisions-as-coronavirus-hits-trade-1645158 |title=Heritage railway fears 'hard decisions' as coronavirus hits Easter trade  |work=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |publisher=[[Archant]] |first=David |last=Bale |date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>

In June 2020 the local media reported, that the BVR were in "dire straits" and at risk of closure due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the refusal of an insurance claim relating to loss of income, despite Broadland DC deferring their annual £30,000 rent payments until September 2020 and receiving a £25,000 Covid-19 support grant.<ref name=EDPredundancy>{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/bure-valley-railway-in-dire-straits-1557158 |title=Redundancy fears and rent waived at top tourist attraction in 'dire straits' |work=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |publisher=[[Archant]] |first=Jessica |last=Frank-Keyes |date=October 13, 2020}}</ref> Full relief from business rates was granted by national government for 2020/21 fiscal year. The BVR furloughed some of its staff.<ref name=EDPredundancy/>

The railway's case against insurer [[MS Amlin]], who the railway claimed had refused to pay out cover for loss of income due to “any notifiable disease within a radius of 25 miles of the premises” drew national attention.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/news/tourist-railway-treated-badly-by-ms-amlin-over-rejected-coronavirus-related-bi-claim/1433285.article |title=Tourist railway 'treated badly' by MS Amlin over rejected coronavirus-related BI claim |first=Katie |last=Scott |date=30 April 2020 |work=Insurance Times |publisher=[[Newsquest Specialist Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/markets/article/insurers-need-a-deal-to-head-off-coronavirus-legal-storm-npgkwk8w7 |title=Insurers need a deal to head off coronavirus legal storm |work=[[The Times]] |first=Emma |last=Dunkley |date=April 19, 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The railway was able to re-open with volunteers on at weekends from 11 July and 5 days per week from 1 August were all staff came off the [[Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/business/railway-aylsham-to-wroxham-reopening-30th-anniversary-1577244 |title=Full steam ahead for railway as it prepares to welcome passengers back this weekend |work=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |publisher=[[Archant]] |first=Casey |last=Cooper-Fiske |date=October 12, 2020}}</ref>  As of January 2021, the insurance claim remained unpaid despite a [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] ruling that insurers had to make payments owed under business interruption policies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/business/bure-valley-railway-insurance-payout-6908616 |title=Business with pandemic insurance unpaid despite high court ruling |work=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |publisher=[[Archant]] |first=Eleanor |last=Pringle |date=January 15, 2021}}</ref>

In January 2021 the railway, once again, declared that they were in financial crisis, having lost £765,000 in a year despite having been able to operate for much of their main season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/bure-valley-railway-appeal-for-boiler-7069316 |title='Crisis' appeal as heritage railway loses £765k in year |work=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |publisher=[[Archant]] |first=Stuart |last=Anderson |date=January 25, 2021}}</ref>  The issues were compounded by the discovery of major faults on two of the railway's steam locomotive boilers, the failures of which might mean that the railway would not have the required locomotives to be able to reopen if said boilers were not repaired/replaced.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/01/urgent-appeal-launched-to-help-the-bure-valley-railway-avoid-steam-locomotive-crisis.html |title=Urgent Appeal launched to help Norfolk's Bure Valley Railway avoid steam locomotive crisis |work=RailAdvent |first=Michael |last=Holden |date=27 January 2021}}</ref>

The railway opened again in Summer 2021, after the boilers of two locomotives were replaced.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boiler work progresses for Bure Valley Railway steam locomotive Blickling Hall |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/02/boiler-work-progresses-for-bure-valley-railway-steam-locomotive-blickling-hall.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steve |date=2021-05-03 |title=Bure Valley Railway: Back Again |url=https://009adventure.blog/2021/05/03/bure-valley-railway-back-again/ |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Steve's Narrow Gauge Adventure |language=en}}</ref>

=== Alternative Fuel ===
In June and December 2021, the railway performed trials contributing to the development of a sustainable coal replacement for [[Steam locomotive|steam locomotives]] on [[Heritage railway|heritage railways]], in collaboration with the Advanced Steam Traction Trust (ASTT), the [[Heritage Railway Association]], and Coal Products Limited.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk's Bure Valley Railway tests new bio-coal for steam locomotives |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/06/norfolks-bure-valley-railway-tests-new-bio-coal-for-steam-locomotives.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bure Valley Railway tests bio-coal under arduous working conditions |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/12/bure-valley-railway-tests-bio-coal-under-arduous-working-conditions.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

The first trial compared 3 [[Bio-coal|bio-coals]] to traditional welsh coal, and the second pitted the best performing of these [[Bio-coal|bio-coals]] against the welsh coal again, but under harsher conditions. The first trial found that a variant of Ecoal50 could deliver equal engine performance with a 28% increase in coal consumption, and this coal was chosen for use in the second trial.

In May 2022, the railway won the [[Heritage Railway Association|Heritage Railway Association's]] ''Award for Environmental Innovation'' for their work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norfolk's Bure Valley Railway wins award for work sustainable steam locomotive coal |url=https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2022/03/norfolks-bure-valley-railway-wins-award-for-work-sustainable-steam-locomotive-coal.html |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=RailAdvent |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Locomotives ==
A list of the railway's operational locomotives is below:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Narrow Gauge 15 inch Steam Diesel Engines Norfolk |url=https://www.bvrw.co.uk/locomotives |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.bvrw.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="sort wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Year built
!Livery
!Locomotive type
!Wheel <br>arr.
!Image
|-
|1
|Wroxham Broad (previously ''Tracy-Jo'')
|1964 (converted to a {{whyte|2-6-4|T}} in 1992)
|Light Blue
|Steam
|{{whyte|2-6-4|T}}
|[[File:H3 Hertfordshire Rail Tours The Broadsman 03I06I2017.jpg|175px]]
|-
|3
|2nd Air Division USAAF
|1988
|Golden Ochre
|Diesel
|[[Bo-Bo#B′B′|B-B]]
|[[File:No3 "2nd Air Division USAAF" diesel locomotive - geograph.org.uk - 1272886.jpg|175px]]
|-
|4
|(Not named)<br>(Unofficially ''Rusty'')
|1954 (rebuilt and regauged 2004)
|Orange
|Diesel
|{{whyte|4w|DH}}
|[[File:BVR locomotive 4.jpg|175px]]
|-
|5
|(Not named)
(Unofficially Toby)
|1960
|Green with red detail
|Diesel
|{{whyte|4w|DM}}
|
|-
|6
|Blickling Hall
|1994
|Great Eastern Railway Blue
|Steam
|{{whyte|2-6-2}}
|[[File:BVR Class ZB No 6 Blickling Hall Wroxham 1.jpg|175px]]
|-
|7
|Spitfire
|1994
|Lined Brunswick Green
|Steam
|{{whyte|2-6-2}}
|[[File:D3 BVR Everything Goes Gala 25-05-2013.jpg|175px]]
|-
|8
|John of Gaunt (previously ''Thunder'')
|1997 (converted to coal-firing in 2008)
|Lined Black
|Steam
|{{whyte|2-6-2|T}}
|[[File:BVR No 8 John of Gaunt Alysham.jpg|175px]]
|-
|9
|Mark Timothy
|1999 (rebuilt and converted to coal-firing in 2003)
|Madderlake Red
|Steam
|{{whyte|2-6-4|T}}
|[[File:BVR No 9 Mark Timothy Wroxham.jpg|175px]]
|-
|(10)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clayton Equipment Ltd's post |url=https://www.facebook.com/claytonequipment/posts/clayton-equipment-ltd-have-delivered-a-new-design-cb136-battery-locomotive-to-bu/1118124250314443/ |website=Facebook |access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref>
|
|2024
|Green
|Battery Electric
|
|}

== Passenger coaches ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=November 2022}}[[File:A busy day on the Bure Valley Railway - geograph.org.uk - 1236489.jpg|thumb|left|A typical train of Bure Valley Railway stock is heading east towards Buxton.]]
Passenger rolling stock consists of 29 vehicles, which are usually marshalled so as to form three complete carriage sets, thus allowing for the operation of up to three distinct passenger trains. The 29 vehicles may be further subdivided as below:
* 19 standard passenger saloon bogie coaches
* 6 standard passenger saloon bogie coaches with wheelchair-accessible compartments
* 1 brake composite bogie coach with guard's compartment, baggage compartment, and passenger compartments
* 1 brake composite bogie coach with guard's compartment, baggage compartment, and diesel generator for winter train heating
* 2 brake short-wheelbase coaches (4-wheel) with guard's compartment and baggage compartment

All except one of the carriages are equipped with electric heating, for winter services. All carriages are equipped with internal lighting. All carriages are connected to a passenger communication system, allowing passengers to stop the train in an emergency.

In addition to the standard coaching stock, two non-standard passenger saloon bogie coaches, formerly used on the [[Fairbourne Railway]], were acquired for use on special event days, purporting to be [[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'s coaches, [[Annie and Clarabel]]. These vehicles were subsequently sold to the [[Evesham Vale Light Railway]] and left Aylsham in Spring 2016. They are now painted in standard EVLR colours.

== Accidents ==
On Monday 30 May 2011, a train on the line suffered a [[derailment]] at Brampton, during which wheels from one of the coaches were reported to have come up through the floor of the vehicle.<ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/train_derails_on_bure_valley_railway_1_907256 Train derails on Bure Valley Railway]</ref> The [[Rail Accident Investigation Branch]] were called in to conduct a preliminary examination into the incident,<ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/update_bure_valley_railway_crash_photo_shows_narrow_escape_1_908565 UPDATE: Bure Valley Railway crash photo shows narrow escape]</ref><ref>[http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/update_investigators_due_at_scene_of_north_norfolk_rail_crash_1_907490 UPDATE: Investigators due at scene of north Norfolk rail crash]</ref> and found it to have been caused by the failure due to metal fatigue of an axle journal that had been welded several years previously (when the railway was under different management). It found that the BVR did not have an adequate safety management system. Following this accident all wheels of this design were identified by the railway and scrapped, being replaced by new wheelsets,<ref>[http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/bulletins_2011/bulletin_04_2011.cfm Rail Accident Investigation Branch bulletin 04/2011]</ref> and a new computerised passenger carriage maintenance database was introduced, providing detailed tracking of the service regime of whole carriages, and of individual bogies and axles.{{Cn|date=November 2022}}

== The Friends of the Bure Valley Railway ==
The Friends of the Bure Valley Railway (FoBVR) is the volunteer supporting group for the Bure Valley Railway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends of the Bure Valley Railway Membership |url=https://www.bvrw.co.uk/membership |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.bvrw.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> It owns locomotive number 4 and supports the railway financially and with regular working parties of volunteers. There is a hut at Aylsham which sells donated bric-a-brac, second hand books and magazines during the season to raise money to support the railway. A secondhand book, record and DVD shop is open at Wroxham station.{{Cn|date=November 2022}}

==See also==
*[[Bressingham Steam and Gardens]]
*[[North Norfolk Railway]]
*[[Mid-Norfolk Railway]]
*[[Wells and Walsingham Light Railway]]
*[[Whitwell & Reepham railway station]]
*[[Yaxham Light Railway]]
*[[Barton House Railway]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==

* {{cite book |last=Joby |first=Richard S. |date=1975 |title=The East Norfolk Railway |location= |publisher=Klofron |isbn=}}
* {{cite book |last=Joby |first=Richard S. |date=1991 |title=Bure Valley Railway, The Broadland Line |location=Norwich |publisher=Jarrold Publishing |isbn=0-7117-0395-7}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Bure Valley Railway}}
*[http://www.bvrw.co.uk/ Bure Valley Railway website]
<!-- *[http://www.fobvr.org.uk/ Friends of the Bure Valley Railway website] -->

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