The Bittern Line is a railway line from Norwich to Cromer and Sheringham in Norfolk.

The towns and villages served by the route are listed below.

• Norwich
• Salhouse
• Hoveton and Wroxham
  • Connection with the narrow-gauge Bure Valley heritage railway.
• Worstead
• North Walsham
• Roughton Road (a suburb of Cromer)
• Cromer (reverse)
• West Runton
• Sheringham

The line was opened between Norwich and North Walsham in 1874 by the East Norfolk Railway , and it reached Cromer by 1877. The rest of the line, between Cromer and Sheringham, was opened in 1887, and is the remains of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable. Part of that line from Sheringham to Holt is preserved as the North Norfolk Railway

Passenger services are operated by 'One' Railway using Class 150, Class 153, Class 156 or Class 170 diesel multiple units. The line is named after the bittern, a rare bird found in the reedy wetlands of Norfolk.

External links

• The Bittern Line.