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Passengers travelling through Great Yarmouth have been welcomed by a Broads Discovery Hub, installed as part of a series of improvements to the station environment.

The Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership and Lowestoft Central Project are supporting Lowestoft’s Heritage Open Days Festival once again this year, providing a base for the festival information hub, hosting exhibitions and guided walks as well as sponsoring print and publicity.

Last weeks visit to Lowestoft station of the Railway 200 touring exhibition train, Inspiration attracted the highest visitor numbers for any station on the trains nationwide tour to date, second only to an appearance at the Greatest Gathering Exhibition at Alstom’s historic Litchurch Lane works in Derby which featured some 140 visiting trains and locomotives and attracted some 40,000 people to the wider event.

The team behind Lowestoft station’s Community Rail Shop & Tourist Information Office have marked five years serving the local community and visitors to the town.

The creation of a heritage quarter at Lowestoft railway station has taken another significant step forward after property services contractors Bell provided support to the project.

Railway photography exhibition featuring over 100 lost Bittern Line and Wherry Lines scenes opens on August 11.

Rail - Bus link from Great Yarmouth station saved as new operator steps forward.

Some of the area’s top crafters and makers will be at Lowestoft Railway Station this Saturday and Sunday as the Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership and Lowestoft Central Project host their annual Arts and Crafts Weekend.

The Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership (CRP) has celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special event run in conjunction with its local train operator, key partner and core funder, Greater Anglia. Friday 6 June saw guests enjoy a trip on all three Wherry Lines routes between Norwich and Great Yarmouth and Norwich and Lowestoft, on one of Greater Anglia’s state-of-the-art bi-mode trains, before a special reception at Lowestoft railway station.

Great Yarmouth rail station’s waiting room is set to receive a facelift and at the same time, the toilets will be refurbished and a Changes Places toilet facility installed to make the station more accessible.