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The Waveney Valley Line was a branch line running from in Norfolk to Beccles in Suffolk connecting the Great Eastern Main Line at Tivetshall with the East Suffolk Line at . It provided services to Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Ipswich and many other smaller towns in Suffolk with additional services to London. It was named after the River Waveney which follows a similar route. == History == The line was authorised by the Waveney Valley Railway Act on 3 July 1851. The line opened in stages, firstly from Tivetshall to Harleston on 1 December 1855, then to Bungay on 2 November 1860, and finally to Beccles. When the line was completed it was incorporated into the Great Eastern Railway. The line then became part of the LNER on 1 January 1923. and stations were closed in 1866, only 11 years after the line opened. Early services on the line were worked by the company’s only locomotive named ''Perseverance''. This was a 2-2-2T locomotive built by Sharp Stewart and Co (Manchester). It did not perform particularly well and was rebuilt by the GER in 1864 as a 2-4-0T. Withdrawal was 1880/1 and the locomotive was broken up in November 1881. Some old pictures show the following classes of engine that worked over the route: * GER Class Y14 - later LNER classification J15. 0-6-0 tender locomotive built by the GER * GER Class T26 - later LNER classification E4. 2-4-0 tender locomotive built by the GER * GER Class M15 - later LNER classification F4 2-4-2 tank engine built by the GER * GER Class C32 - later LNER classification F3 2-4-2 tank engine built by the GER The line was closed to passenger services on 5 January 1953. With the last passenger train from Tivetshall junction to Beccles pulled by ex GER Class C32 (LNE classification) Class F3 2-4-2 tank locomotive No 67128 (British Railways number). A Light Railway Order was obtained in November 1954, after which there were some special services run by railway enthusiasts. From 1960 the line was split into sections – Tivetshall to Harleston and Beccles to Bungay. The lines were finally closed from 19 April 1966 during the Beeching Axe and the track eventually removed. Some of the last wagon loads to leave Ditchingham were sand and gravel from Broome Heath, used in the construction of Hammersmith fly-over in west London. In the early 1980s, many of the remaining old buildings, including stations and goods yards, were demolished to make way for a new road (the A143). 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「Waveney Valley Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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