The Railways of Great Yarmouth. Pt 2 The Quayside Tramway.

In this series of videos I shall take a brief look at the railways of Great Yarmouth.
Pt 1 Introduction & Yarmouth Vauxhall.
Pt 2 Quayside Tramway.
Pt 3 Yarmouth South Town
Pt 4 Yarmouth Beach & Associated lines.
Maps courtesy of:- Google Maps
RailMaps Online
National Library of Scotland
Videos:- My own.
This is a video critique. All images are referenced under Section 107 `Fair Use` guidelines.

[@brianwillson9567]

Yet another brilliant and informative video. We owe you a genuine debt of gratitude for your efforts and research in both maintaining this history and spreading it to a wider audience.

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you Brian that is praise indeed. Much appreciated.

[@petertate5741]

I remember the train of birds eye wagons running up and down the quay in the early 60s but could never remember when the line closed.

[@nutmeg5032]

It must have been quite a sight to see that coming down the street.

[@RichardWilson1984]

I've been in the Dolphin pub on the Fish Wharf years ago. A colorful proper sailors pub

[@nutmeg5032]

Yes all changed now as they are building a new river bridge nearby .

[@RichardWilson1984]

I thought they'd pull it down when they're building bridge, but it's still standing for now!

[@peterstudley1804]

Hi great video, the suspension bridge pub was not named because of the vauxhall rail bridge, it was called this because there had been a river crossing/road just in front of it , the first bridge collapsed causing fatalities, the replacement was the suspension bridge built in the 1800s date unsure , and the modern 4 lane bridge was built in 1972 with its associated subways 2 of them to aid crossing the roads. These works drastically changed that area , my stepdad was bar man at the st John's head pub in the mid 70s and he used to complain about the vibrations the trains made when passing the pub . The line closed in 76 the steel work was in situ for many years, the council/highways tried to just tar mac over sections but in time the line would be seen again. All tracks were lifted in the late 90s. The building of haven Bridge House was completed in 1976 .

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks for your comments. If nothing else these videos always prompt someone to provide some local knowledge which is greatly appreciated.

[@paul-m3kqe]

great videos -- the tracks went down to birds eye and the power station plus there was three weighbrigdes as well two on south quay and the third was down near birdseye and the power station

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you. What I like about doing these videos is comments such as yours that provide history and information. Thanks again.

[@johnmasters504]

Great video! I found this railway in 1966, but never saw a train on the line, it closed in 1976, I spent years exploring it and walking it, I went in the pub at the Fish Quay one day, and it a nice pub, what date did the pub close anyone? It is quite hard to find any photos of the trains in the diesel era Class 04 and Class 03 locos

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you. I don`t know when the pub closed unfortunately. As I have found out with all my videos, you search books, wickipedia, and google but you cannot beat local knowledge. So perhaps somebody will know. Yes I`m afraid poor old shunting engines didn`t have the wow factor for photographers.

[@snowdon1085]

There are some pictures on Twitter of the shunters. These were complemented by a huge road vehicle with buffers and couplers which marshalled the wagons at various points en route whilst the 03 took the trains to or from Vauxhall. It was an extremely busy line until the early seventies. The final traffic on the quay line around 1978 was scrap metals from a private siding at what is now EMR recycling.

[@michaelward2082]

yeh

[@michaelward2082]

yeh

[@James47298]

Very informative, Ive been doing some work on buildings on that road that used to be part of fish industry, certainly alot of history. Interestingly I believe the new bridge is going in that area so it will again have an important transport role.

[@nutmeg5032]

Thank you. Yes I believe the new crossing is going to be near there. Interestingly there are several main roads in Norfolk that have been built on old railway alignments.

[@snowdon1085]

Fascinating to see this! However the line didnt end at the fishwharf but went to Birds Eye factory (1950s extension) as I clearly remember. The longer section southwards is how the Bird Eye refrigerated wagons could reach the factory there was a pair of sidings up by that. Bits of the old line near where Birds Eye was can very clearly be seen on Google Streets.

[@nutmeg5032]

Thanks for that. Yes I thought the line went further but I couldn`t find any information. Just goes to show, local knowledge is best.

[@mrraoulandtheking11]

I automatically thought of Toby when I saw the picture

[@nutmeg5032]

I think that`s where the Reverend might have got his idea from.

[@lewis72]

The Suspension Bridge Tavern wasn't named after the Vauxhall railway bridge.

[@nutmeg5032]

Yes I since learnt that fact. It is not always easy to get accurate information and I rely on comments such as yours to put the record straight. Thank you.

[@lewis72]

@@nutmeg5032 If you were taught about Robert Cory at school, you'd know all about Yarmouth's suspension bridge !