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Remains of the Harbour Branch
A short line was built three years after the railway arrived in 1860 to help build freight traffic. A small embankment, cutting and bridge was all that was needed. Now most of it forms a footpath.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 15 Apr 2010
0.03 miles
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Trackbed of the former harbour line
The dismantled short track which ran from the railway station to the quay here turns into a footpath. This section was opened in 1860, three years after the railway arrived in the town.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Jul 2010
0.04 miles
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View along the former trackbed of the harbour line
The (dismantled) short track which ran from the railway station to the quay has been turned into a footpath. The section was opened in 1860, three years after the railway arrived in the town.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Jul 2010
0.05 miles
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Wells next the Sea
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.06 miles
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The harbour line in Wells-next-the-Sea
The course of the dismantled short track which ran from the railway station to the quay can be seen in the background denoted by the line of trees that are now growing on the dismantled trackbed. This section was opened in 1860, three years after the railway arrived in the town.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Jul 2010
0.08 miles
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Cutting on the former harbour line
The (dismantled) short track which ran from the railway station to the quay has been turned into a footpath. The section was opened in 1860, three years after the railway arrived in the town.
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Jul 2010
0.08 miles
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Remains of Wells Harbour branch line
This section of the short branch from the terminus at Wells to the sea front survives as a byway running in a shallow cutting. The brick overbridge carries Northfield Lane.
Image: © Tiger
Taken: 25 Jul 2009
0.08 miles
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Wells-next-the-Sea viewed from the south-east
Image: © Evelyn Simak
Taken: 11 Jul 2010
0.09 miles
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Wells-Next-The-Sea
Looking back from the seawall.
Image: © Hugh Venables
Taken: 24 Aug 2008
0.09 miles
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Wells on Sea Harbour Line
A short spur from the railway station http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1806921 to the quay, transporting goods from the port to East Anglia and beyond. This is the only bridge on the section taking Northfield Lane over the footpath.
It was opened in 1860, three years after the railway arrived in the town.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 15 Apr 2010
0.09 miles