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The Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (NSJR) was a British joint railway company. The NSJR was owned by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (MGNJ) and consisted of two distinct sections: a line between North Walsham and Cromer via Mundesley, and a coastal section running from Gorleston to Lowestoft. Neither has survived apart from a stretch just south of Cromer which forms part of today’s Bittern Line. Whilst the GER was a constituent company of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), the MGNJ interest became jointly held by the LNER and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), and the railway retained its identity at the 1923 Grouping; in the Third Schedule of the Transport Act 1947, the LNER, LMS, MGNJ and NSJR are all listed among the bodies whose undertakings are to be transferred to the British Transport Commission on 1 January 1948, it thus became part of British Railways. == The North Walsham to Cromer section == This section of railway was opened in two sections: North Walsham - Mundesley in July 1898;〔Tuddenham, E in ''Railway World'', July 1966, page 288〕 thence to Cromer on 3 August 1906. The section between Cromer and North Walsham is easy to follow on aerial photographs, and some sections remain open as unofficial footpaths. Leaving Cromer Beach, a short section of formation remains in use as part of the Bittern Line. The lead into Cromer Tunnel which is the only remaining original railway tunnel in Norfolk. Although the portals remain open access is difficult due to a housing development on the former trackbed. The first station on this section of the NSJR was Cromer Links Halt (TG232409) which primarily served golfers at the nearby Royal Cromer Golf Club. The station facilities were very basic, consisting of no more than a single wooden platform, which cost £170 to build, two wooden benches and running in board together with the obligatory oil lamps. No shelter was provided for passengers and the platform was constructed of sleepers and supported by wooden trestles. This was followed by Overstrand railway station, which was provided with an island platform, pedestrian underpass, signal box and passing loop. The station building and underpass remain as a private residence. A section of the embankment towards Cromer was removed to make way for a housing development. Sidestrand Halt consisted of a simple wooden platform capable of accommodating one coach. Hidden away at the end of a public footpath, the station did not have any ticket-issuing facilities, and these could only be purchased on the trains. The halt had been opened in an attempt to increase revenues on the line by further exploiting the tourist potential of "Poppyland". Trimingham railway station was a similar design to Overstrand, although access to the platforms was provided by steps from a gateway on a nearby road overbridge. Although the station site has been redeveloped, the bridge and the closed station access remain.〔Butt, R.V.J. (1995). ''The Directory of Railway Stations'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 234.〕 Mundesley railway station was provided with wide platforms and substantial buildings and a yard for the anticipated holiday traffic. Today nothing remains of the station site, which has been redeveloped as a housing estate.〔Butt, R.V.J. (1995). ''The Directory of Railway Stations'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 165.〕〔British Railways Atlas.1947. p.18〕〔(Mundesley village website )〕 Paston & Knapton railway station, the final station on this section of the NSJR before reaching North Walsham remains in good order as a private house. The trackbed continues to the outskirts of North Walsham, having been used as the route for a gas feeder pipe from the Bacton Gas Terminal. Once reaching North Walsham the formation has been used to build a bypass, although the trackbed linking the NSJR to the former GER Bittern Line can be still be clearly seen. North Walsham Town railway station, the original M&GNJR terminus for the services, closed to passengers in 1959 and the site is now a gas condensate rail terminal. File:Cromerbuffers.jpg|Cromer Beach station (2004) File:Cromer Tunnel 12 Jan 2008 (2).JPG|Cromer tunnel (2008) File:Cromer Railway Tunnel, 27 November 2015 (4).JPG|Inside Cromer tunnel (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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