The Cromer Tunnel was built by the
Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway
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 betwee ...
to take their
Cromer Beach to Mundesley line under the
Great Eastern's Cromer High to
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...
line. Both portals of the tunnels are open but undergrowth and modern housing in the area make access difficult.
It is the only standard gauge railway tunnel in Norfolk (the
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...
Bure Valley Railway
The Bure Valley Railway is a minimum gauge visitors' attraction in 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 Wroxh ...
crosses Aylsham Bypass by means of a newly constructed
Aylsham Bypass Tunnel which replaces the former level crossing
).
See also
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Tunnels in the United Kingdom
A tunnel is an underground or undersea passageway. It is dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, or laid under water, and is usually completely enclosed except for the two portals common at each end, though there may be access and ve ...
References
Rail transport in Norfolk
Railway tunnels in England
Buildings and structures in Norfolk
Cromer
Northrepps
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