Thanks Rebecca! This is just an early version I have made a new channel dedicated to bringing to life lost rail journeys feel free to subscribe! Here is the finished piece kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibGkYM14qJmUe4U.html

Thanks Peter. I hope to finish this from Great Yarmouth to Melton Constable once we are out of lockdown. James

youtube.com/@ghosttrainlostrailways you might find my other channel of interest!

Hi Laura I don't know all that much about Melton Constable the only video featuring it are my railway ones as Melton Constable was an important railway junction once. Sounds like you need a trip to your library!

Thanks Kit! I actually finished this video in a recent film: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZh0gLt73didl6M.html I walked cycled or drove most of the original route to recreate the lost line over the last year

Thanks Jim this project has been updated for this video if its of interest? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rZh0gLt73didl6M.html

Mothballing is expensive. Not only do you need to keep the track and infrastructure in a reasonable condition to allow quick reopening but mor importantly you need to maintain driver knowledge of the line and that is harder to do if the line isn't kept in running conditions (especially in the days before computer based simulation was possible). And just how long do you intend to mothball each line for? The March to Wisbech line is still in place, except for all the level crossing, but will take months to be reopened due to all the trees and shrubs growing in the track bed. Then they'll need to re-establish the track circuits and signals and the level crossings especially the one over the A47, which the Highways Agency and local council will oppose unless the line terminates south of this major road or a bridge for the road is constructed. But what will take the longest time will be the training of the drivers, provided sufficient drivers can be found within the current workforce. In the last 20 years the route knowledge will have been lost through drivers leaving the industry and for those that remain not having driven along the line in almost quarter of a century (and that was with freight trains in the main). The M&GN lines were always poor financial performers, the only thing that really kept them alive was the summer holiday traffic. Many of their stations were a good distance from the villages they served making local bus services more appealing. And when people started buying cars the local buses disappeared.