Route Description
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The current line starts at Wells Station, on the A149 coast road just south of the town. After leaving the station trains begin to climb the 1 in 80 gradient to Warham, passing the remains of the Leicester Lime Works before passing under a road bridge carrying the Wells to Walsingham road.
At Warham the line starts to descend, and passes over a level crossing before reaching the request halt. Leaving the halt the line passes through a cutting, then over an embankment close to the Warham Camp hill fort, before reaching Wighton Halt.
After three level crossings, 'Barnard's Cutting' is reached. The 1 in 29 gradient created during the restoration of the route has been restored to the original 1 in 60 by engineers from the National Construction Training College removing 17,000 tons of material in 1999.
After passing over a high embankment and a brick underbridge the line enters the outskirts of Little Walsingham, before arriving at Walsingham station.
Read more about this topic: Wells And Walsingham Light Railway
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