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Wisbech Road, WISBECH, PE14 8PG

See also > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1261406. View east along Basin Road. The Wisbech and Upwell tramway used to cross here > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242074 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242073 on its way from Outwell Basin depot to Dial House Farm request stop.

This narrow road connects with Hall Dike.

Only a farm track remains. The houses seen in the background are located on Basin Road. Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241222 was 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml From the Upwell depot, which was the southern terminus of the tramway, the trains headed northwards > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241251 to the village of Outwell, crossing Small Lode > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241268 and passing a farm before emerging on Low Side > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241442 which was the final request stop. A farm driveway now runs where the railway trackbed used to be > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241431. The line crossed the village street and re-entered Norfolk. It ran alongside the bank of Well Creek > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241525 before it reached the final section of reserved track at Goodman's Crossing request stop. Outwell Village depot was located by the old course of the River Nene and adjoined by St Clement's church on the other side. It originally had four sidings and was equipped with coal chutes to transfer coal to barges for distribution through the Fens. The depot had a small office building built from red brick > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241479 and an old van body for storage. The brick office still stands, but most of the depot site has since been built over by modern housing > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241458. The name of the cul-de-sac/access road is called "The Tramway". From the Outwell Village depot, the line ascended a short 1 in 30 stretch before crossing back into Cambridgeshire where it ran 30 chains on reserved track before crossing the main road at the Horn's Corner request stop. From here the line followed the canal to Outwell Basin > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242007 where it widened in order to enable mooring and turning of barges, and to the location of the first terminus with its depot covering a large area including a loop, a booking office and a waiting room > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242035. The line then rejoined the canal by Boyce's Bridge and the Dial House Farm request stop > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242065.

This dilapidated and overgrown shed is located beside the track which once used to be the Wisbech and Upwell tramway trackbed.

The old posts by the roadside indicate that a crossing gate once stood here, where the tramway crossed Basin Road on its way from Outwell Basin depot to Dial House Farm request stop. Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241222 was 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml From the Upwell depot, which was the southern terminus of the tramway, the trains headed northwards > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241251 to the village of Outwell, crossing Small Lode > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241268 and passing a farm before emerging on Low Side > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241442 which was the final request stop. A farm driveway now runs where the railway trackbed used to be > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241431. The line crossed the village street and re-entered Norfolk. It ran alongside the bank of Well Creek > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241525 before it reached the final section of reserved track at Goodman's Crossing request stop. Outwell Village depot was located by the old course of the River Nene and adjoined by St Clement's church on the other side. It originally had four sidings and was equipped with coal chutes to transfer coal to barges for distribution through the Fens. The depot had a small office building built from red brick > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241479 and an old van body for storage. The brick office still stands, but most of the depot site has since been built over by modern housing > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241458. The name of the cul-de-sac/access road is called "The Tramway". From the Outwell Village depot, the line ascended a short 1 in 30 stretch before crossing back into Cambridgeshire where it ran 30 chains on reserved track before crossing the main road at the Horn's Corner request stop. From here the line followed the canal to Outwell Basin > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242007 where it widened in order to enable mooring and turning of barges, and to the location of the first terminus with its depot covering a large area including a loop, a booking office and a waiting room > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242035. The line then rejoined the canal by Boyce's Bridge and the Dial House Farm request stop > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1242065.

This attractive house is located on the old Outwell Road. A wall tablet gives its name as Excelsior House and its year of construction as 1912.

Looking south east from Basin Road

This attractive property is located on the old Outwell Road, just north of the roundabout. A wall tablet give its name as Basin Villa and the year of its construction as 1910.

This section of the tramway opened in 1884 and closed to passengers in 1927 and to freight in 1966.