A train on the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway, pulled by steam tram locomotive 68225, running without sideplates.
Operation
Locale
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire; Upwell, Norfolk, England
Open
20 August 1883
Close
31 December 1927 (passengers), 23 May 1966 (freight)
Status
Closed
Infrastructure
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)
Steam and diesel
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Wisbech & Upwell Tramway
Legend
Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway
Wisbech North
Wisbech Quay Goods Stations
River Nene
Wisbech East
Wisbech Line
Bramley Line
Elmbridge
Boyces Bridge
Outwell Basin
Outwell Village
Upwell
The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway was a rural standard gauge tramway in East Anglia. It was built by the Great Eastern Railway between Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and Upwell, now in Norfolk, to carry agricultural produce. Although called a tramway, in many ways it more closely resembled a conventional railway line and paved the way for the passing of the Light Railways Act 1896.
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