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West Norfolk Junction Railway
Overview
HeadquartersWells-next-the-Sea
LocaleEngland
Dates of operation1866–1952 (passengers), –1953 (goods)
SuccessorGreat Eastern Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Length18+12 miles (29.8 km)

The West Norfolk Junction Railway was a standard gauge eighteen and a half-mile single-track railway running between Wells-next-the-Sea railway station and Heacham in the English county of Norfolk. It opened in 1866 and closed in 1953. At Wells the line made a junction with the Wells and Fakenham Railway and at Heacham it connected with the line from Hunstanton to Kings Lynn.

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