Wherry Lines

Wherry Lines
Berney Arms, on the Wherry Lines, is one of the remotest and least-used stations in the country
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	East of England
Termini	Norwich Great Yarmouth / Lowestoft
Stations	14
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Services	3
Operator(s)	Greater Anglia
Rolling stock	Class 755 "FLIRT"
Technical
Track length	Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Acle: 18 miles 29 chains (29.6 km) Norwich to Great Yarmouth via Reedham: 20 miles 45 chains (33.1 km) Norwich to Lowestoft: 23 miles 41 chains (37.8 km)
Number of tracks	1-2
Character	Rural line
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	60 miles per hour (97 km/h)

v t e Wherry Lines
Legend
mi-ch 0-00 Norwich Great Eastern Main Line to London Liverpool Street   River Yare (original course)   Whitlingham Bittern Line to Cromer and Sheringham 4-66 Brundall Gardens 5-60 Brundall Brundall Junction 7-62 Buckenham 7-78 Lingwood 10-00 Cantley 10-34 Acle 12-13 Reedham Breydon Junction 18-29 20-45 Great Yarmouth A47 road 15-71 Berney Arms Reedham Junction River Yare Haddiscoe (1847–1904) 16-11 Haddiscoe Haddiscoe Junction Yarmouth–Beccles line River Waveney 18-00 Somerleyton 22-04 Oulton Broad North East Suffolk line to Ipswich Yarmouth–Lowestoft line 23-41 Lowestoft

The Wherry Lines are railway branch lines in the East of England, linking Norwich with Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. There are 14 stations on the lines, including the three termini. They form part of Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.11 and are classified as a rural line.^[1]

The lines pass through the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk. The name is taken from the Norfolk wherries, which played an important role in the transport of goods and people around the Broads before road and rail transport became widespread.

Passenger services on the Wherry Lines are currently operated by Greater Anglia.