Nice video. I live have lived in Gorleston since birth 1981 . And grew up on Downing Road which is a cul de sac backing on to the railway line / now bypass. I remember the bypass being constructed in the early 90s . The railway was our playground until the bypass. There use to be parts of the rails still above ground. I shall now watch part 2 .
Excellent video which inspired me yesterday to walk the route from Lowestoft Central to Great Yarmouth taking in as much of the walkable sections as one can. Really surprised at the gradient incline from Coke Ovens Junction up to the A12.
Thank you for your comments. I`m so glad it was of use to you, it makes it all worthwhile. There are other sections of old railway which can be walked, particularly parts of the Weavers Way near North Walsham.
I think that your stated location of Gorleston North was too early (North). I think it was around the beginning of the slip road, at 19:04 19:12 "This was the first direct link between these two coastal towns of Yarmouth and Lowestoft" - The Reedham East Curve allowed this direct link back in the 1880s (which is about the time it closed, apparently). I have no idea if that provided a passenger link before the M & GN line or if it was just used for freight.
Yarmouth Beach was the terminus of the Yarmouth & Stalham Light Railway which became part of the M&GNJ Railway. Yarmouth South Town was the terminus for the Yarmouth & Haddiscoe Railway which became part of the GER. Therefore 2 different railway companies with different traffic requirements and timetables.
I don`t believe they were organized in any way. From what I have read they seemed to have evolved over time. I do know that some of the services to Lowestoft from Yarmouth Beach were actually through trains from the North of England which had reversed at Yarmouth Beach. They were called the ` Leicesters`
