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NORFOLK RAILWAY SOCIETY - Meetings (19.30 start unless stated)
Our meetings resume in September:
20th September - Special General Meeting (details will be circulated with the next Newsletter in early August) followed by Members' Summer Reports.
​4th October - 'Ipswich - A railway Junction in the East' - John Day.
Norfolk Transport Group (19.30 start)
27th September - Members' Evening.
NRS Show Day 2018
Thank you to all exhibitors, members and vistors who came to our show on Saturday 10th March at Poringland Community Centre. We hope you enjoyed they day.
NRS Show Day 2017
Thank you to all exhibitors, members and visitors for making our 2017 show a success. See our Gallery of photos.
We made a donation of £250 to Southwold Railway Trust - see their latest update.
Photo Galleries of previous Show Days are available here:
Show Report 2014
2015
2016
News Digest 2018 - the latest links to news stories.  For older stories see the News Archive.
Signal Remodelling - Lines between Norwich and Yarmouth/Lowestoft closed 10th - 18th February.
The closure of these routes is to enable major engineering works to take place. For full details of replacement services click here. See also the Network Rail news item.
East Coast, West Coast and East Midlands rail franchises - update
In a statement to the House of Commons on 5th February Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said he will end the contract with Stagecoach/Virgin for the East Coast franchise. Read his full statement here.
This news was also reported by Railway Gazette.
In other franchise news, the shortlist to receive invitations to tender for the next East Midlands franchise includes Abellio, Arriva, incumbent Stagecoach and a joint venture of First Group and Trenitalia. Read Railway Gazette's report.
Meanwhile on the West Coast route incumbent Virgin Trains will continue to operate intercity passenger servcies until the start of the West Coast Partnership under a direct award by the Transport Secretary. Read Railway Gazette's report.
Website Updates
29th July 2018
- Home Page, including Quick Links; News Archive restructured.
Meeting Reports and Diary will be updated during August.
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