30th December  Even More Mince Pie Specials

28th December  More Mince Pie Specials

27th December  Mince Pie Specials

28th February 1959, was a sad day in the history of the former Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, as it saw the vast majority of the 161 mile network close. So it is with a strange sense of irony that 45 years later, 28th February will properly go down as a significant day in the history of the North Norfolk Railway, as they launch Operation Phoenix. The Holt extension was opened in 1989, but stopped three quarters of a mile short of the original Holt station which had been utilised as part of the Holt by pass. Since then very little development has happened at the site. But the amount of work that has been achieved at Holt in the last 2 years has been phenomenal Moving and rebuilding Upper Portland Sidings signal box and Stalham station, even in the last 4 months the laying/relaying of track work and the building of a new platform. This exciting development now looks set to continue at a pace. The NNR and the M&GN Society have recently been awarded a £778,000 grant. Operation Phoenix hopes in the coming months to raise £286,000 worth of additional matching funds for the grant, the majority of which is going to be spent on the on-going development at Holt. Which when finish, will recreate an extensive period Edwardian station at High Kelling. Hard to believe that the area was once just a railway cutting!