Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway

The Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway (NSJR) was a British joint railway company.

The NSJR was owned by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) and the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway (MGNJ) and consisted of two distinct sections: a line between North Walsham and Cromer via Mundesley, and a coastal section running from Gorleston to Lowestoft. Neither has survived apart from a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) stretch just south of Cromer which forms part of today’s Bittern Line.

Whilst the GER was a constituent company of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), the MGNJ interest became jointly held by the LNER and London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS), and the railway retained its identity at the 1923 Grouping; in the Third Schedule of the Transport Act 1947, the LNER, LMS, MGNJ and NSJR are all listed among the bodies whose undertakings are to be transferred to the British Transport Commission on 1 January 1948, it thus became part of British Railways.

This section of railway was opened in two sections: North Walsham - Mundesley in July 1898; thence to Cromer on 3 August 1906.

The section between Cromer and North Walsham is easy to follow on aerial photographs, and some sections remain open as unofficial footpaths.

Leaving Cromer Beach, a short section of formation remains in use as part of the Bittern Line. The lead into Cromer Tunnel which is the only remaining original railway tunnel in Norfolk. Although the portals remain open access is difficult due to a housing development on the former trackbed.

The first station on this section of the NSJR was Cromer Links Halt (TG232409) which primarily served golfers at the nearby Royal Cromer Golf Club. The station facilities were very basic, consisting of no more than a single wooden platform, which cost £170 to build, two wooden benches and running in board together with the obligatory oil lamps. No shelter was provided for passengers and the platform was constructed of sleepers and supported by wooden trestles.

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