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Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge

 
Somerleyton Swing Bridge, Staith Lane, Somerleyton NR34 0DL, United Kingdom
 
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Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Norfolk Broads (River Waveney - Main Navigation) between Waveney - New Cut Junction (1 mile and 7½ furlongs to the northwest) and Waveney - Oulton Dyke Junction (2 miles and 7¼ furlongs to the southeast).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Waveney - New Cut Junction is Slugs Lane Marina; ¾ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a swing bridge here.

Bell Inn2 miles, 2¼ furlongs
St. Olaves Marina2 miles, ½ furlongs
Waveney - New Cut Junction1 mile, 7½ furlongs
Haddiscoe Railway Bridge (dismantled)1 mile, 5 furlongs
Slugs Lane Marina¾ furlongs
Somerleyton Swing Rail Bridge
Waveney - Oulton Dyke Junction2 miles, 7¼ furlongs
Waveney River Centre3 miles, 5 furlongs
Seven Mile Carr5 miles, 3¼ furlongs
Beccles Bypass Bridge10 miles, 3½ furlongs
Beccles Marinas10 miles, 4½ furlongs
 
 
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 Somerleyton Station
 
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In the direction of Yare - Waveney Junction

Yare - Hardley Dyke Junction7 miles, 1¾ furlongs away
Travel to Waveney - New Cut Junction, then on the Norfolk Broads (Haddiscoe Cut) to Yare - New Cut Junction, then on the Norfolk Broads (River Yare - Main Navigation) to Yare - Hardley Dyke Junction
Yare - Waveney Junction7 miles, 3¾ furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Yare - Waveney Junction

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water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Swing bridge] Penzance Sandwich Toll Bridge (rebuilt 1892) Selby swing bridgerail Somerleyton swing bridge Trowse Bridge at Norwich. Carries the electrified Great Eastern [Greater Anglia (train operating company)] Trowse Swing Bridge would need to be overcome to facilitate this. Some services have been transferred from Greater Anglia's management to other rail operators [List of railway bridges and viaducts in the United Kingdom] significant bridges of the United Kingdom's railways, past and present. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of bridges in [Norfolk Railway] Allen says 4 June 1844, page 13. The Carrow swing bridge is nowadays generally referred to as Trowse Swing Bridge. George Dow, The First Railway in Norfolk [History of the East Suffolk line] Haddiscoe Yard, Haddiscoe Junction, Reedham Swing Bridge and Reedham station." The track over the St Olaves swing bridge was altered to become a conventional [Yarmouth–Beccles line] only a little less circuitous than the original route via Lowestoft, Somerleyton and the Reedham East Curve, entering Yarmouth Vauxhall via Berney Arms [King's Lynn railway station] and at one point was a complicated network of lines, boasting two swing bridges, serving premises on and around the town's South Quay. Another short [Lowestoft railway station] completion of the Lowestoft and Beccles Railway which entered the town via a swing bridge over Oulton Broad, where a 1.75-mile (2.82-kilometre) freight line branched [Brundall railway station] Brundall station became a Norfolk Railway asset. On 15 December 1845 a swing bridge over the River Wensum opened and this allowed freight trains going to [Thetford railway station] in the suburbs of Norwich, as the contractors were having to build a swing bridge to cross the navigable River Wensum. Thetford station was, when opened
 
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Somerleyton Swing Bridge - Wikipedia
Somerleyton Swing Bridge is a railway swing bridge over the River Waveney on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. It was built in 1905 to carry the double tracked ...
River Waveney
Users must ensure that bridge heights are checked before navigating. Somerleyton Swing Bridge will open on request although there may be delays while trains ...
Somerleyton Swing Bridge - Engineering Timelines
One of two similar swing bridges, the other being Reedham Swing Bridge ... the single track bridges that carried the railway between Norwich and Lowestoft over  ...
Bridge heights and openings
There are also rail bridges at Somerleyton, Reedham and Trowse that have been constructed with swing mechanisms which are staffed and opened by Network ...
Somerleyton Swing Bridge signal box
A description and photograph of Somerleyton Swing Bridge signal box, Great Eastern Railway.
HISTORIC BROADS SWING BRIDGES TO UNDERGO REPAIRS
Oct 12, 2010 ... We're hopeful that Somerleyton swing bridge will be returned to full working ... the line between Reedham and Lowestoft will be closed to trains ...
River Waveney - Somerleyton Swing Bridge Tide Times, Norfolk ...
River Waveney - Somerleyton Swing Bridge Tides updated daily. Detailed forecast tide charts and tables with past and future low and high tide times.
Somerleyton Swing Bridge
Somerleyton Swing Bridge is a railway swing bridge over the River Waveney on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. The historical bridge carries the twin-tracked Norwich  ...
Somerleyton Tide Times, Suffolk NR32 5 - WillyWeather
0.5 miles away River Waveney - Somerleyton Swing Bridge Norfolk · 1.6 miles away River Waveney - Old Railway Bridge (St Olaves) Norfolk · 2.1 miles away St  ...
Somerleyton Swing Bridge - Beccles, Suffolk - Government Building ...
Phone, Suggest a phone number · Address, Suggest an address ... The bridge closes for trains to pass over and then swings open to let river craft pass. There is  ...