Some M&GNR station departure lists:
The Midland & Great Northern Railway (M&GNR) was owned by Midland Railway (MR) & Great Northern Railway (GNR). In the west, there were two sections. One line commenced at an end-on junction at Little Bytham Jn, on the MR branch from Saxby Jn, south of Melton Mowbray. This ran via Bourne and Spalding to Sutton Bridge; through trains avoided Spalding station, local trains used connection into the GNR Spalding station, where reversals were necessary to continue beyond Spalding. This route was joined at Sutton Bridge by a line from Peterborough, which left the ECML (GNR) and the Peterborough – Leicester (MR) line at Wisbech Jn, and ran via Wisbech North. After Sutton Bridge, the route ran via South Lynn to Fakenham (West) and Melton Constable, where the route split. One line continued via Aylsham, North Walsham & Caister to Yarmouth Beach; another line ran to Norwich City. After reversal at Melton Constable, another line ran to Weybourne, Sheringham & Cromer Beach.
There were several connections to other routes, e.g.:
South Lynn to Kings Lynn; Cromer Beach to Mundesley & North Walsham;
Yarmouth Beach to Gorleston North (on the Yarmouth South Town to Lowestoft line)
Many of the larger towns on the route were served by alternative railways (often at separate stations), whilst other stations served sparsely populated rural areas. The route was mostly single track with passing loops, and even the "express" services were pretty slow due to the need to wait at many passing loops. So, it was probably no surprise when almost the entire M&GNR system closed in 1959
Yarmouth Beach, June 1955.
** - Summer only.
06:51 Peterborough North (arrive 11:01SX or 11:20 SO; most stations to South Lynn, then semi-fast)
07:45 North Walsham Town (SO) / Aylsham North (SX)
08:00 (SX) Potter Heigham
08:23 (SO**) Chesterfield Midland
08:46 (SO**) Leicester London Road
09:00 Leicester & Birmingham New St (Norwich portion added at Melton Constable)
09:30 (SO**) Derby Midland
09:35 (SX) Potter Heigham
09:50 (SO**) Leicester London Road
10:05 Peterborough North
11:10 (SO**) Leicester London Road
11:30 (SO**) Mansfield Town (Cromer portion added at Melton Constable)
11:42 (WSO) North Walsham Town
12:15 (SX) Potter Heigham
12:42 Peterborough North
13:15 (SO) Peterborough North
13:20 (ThO) Stalham
14:27 (SX) Potter Heigham
15:00 (SO) Leicester London Road
15:51 (SO) Melton Constable
16:19 (SX) Potter Heigham
16:55 North Walsham Town (SO) / Aylsham North (SX)
18:15 Melton Constable (connection for South Lynn & Kings Lynn
18:30 (SX) Potter Heigham
21:00 North Walsham Town
21:30 (SX) Potter Heigham
22:40 (SO) Melton Constable
23:01 (SX) Martham
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Norwich City (June 1955).
06:28 Melton Constable
07:41 Melton Constable
09:31 Birmingham New Street
10:32 Melton Constable
16:52 Melton Constable
17:32 Fakenham West
19:16 Kings Lynn
22:45 (SO) Weybourne
Cromer Beach (M&GNR Services only), June 1955.
07:50 Melton Constable
08:40 Melton Constable (SO** Birmingham New St.)
09:28 (SO**) Birmingham New St.
09:42 Melton Constable / Birmingham New St (SX in summer)
10:29 Melton Constable
12:17 (SO**) Mansfield Town
13:36 Melton Constable (does not run on dates when 14:08 runs)
14:08 (SO**) Melton Constable
14:49 Melton Constable
15:50 (SO**) Leicester London Road
16:15 Melton Constable (portion from London Liverpool St.)
18:17 Sheringham (connection for Melton Constable)
19:20 Melton Constable
21:05 Melton Constable (portion from London Liverpool St.)
22:34 Sheringham (MFSX) or Melton Constable (MFSO)
Bourne (M&GNR line towards East Anglia) June 1955.
07:40 Spalding (reverse) & Kings Lynn
08:36 (SO**) (Leicester London Road – Yarmouth Beach)
09:09 (SO**) (Leicester – Hunstanton & Cromer Beach)
10:23 (SO**) (Leicester London Road – Yarmouth Beach)
10:39 Spalding (reverse) & Kings Lynn
11:10 (SO**) (Nottingham Midland – Yarmouth Beach)
11:47 (SO**) (Chesterfield Midland – Yarmouth Beach)
12:07 (SO**) (Derby Midland – Yarmouth Beach & Cromer Beach)
12:32 (SO**) (Birmingham & Leicester – Yarmouth Beach & Cromer Beach)
14:13 (SO) Spalding Town
16:25 (Birmingham & Leicester – Cromer, Norwich City & Yarmouth Beach)
16:35 (SO) Spalding Town
18:10 (Nottingham Midland – Kings Lynn)
21:07 (Nottingham Midland – Spalding Town)
South Lynn (M&GNR westward departures), June 1955
(KL = From Kings Lynn)
06:52 (KL 06:45) Nottingham Midland
07:08 (KL 07:00) Peterborough North
09:48 Peterborough North (from Yarmouth)
10:21 (SO**) (Cromer – Leicester & Birmingham)
10:42 (SO**) (Yarmouth – Chesterfield)
10:53 (SO**) (Yarmouth – Leicester)
11:11 (SO**) (Cromer – Leicester & Birmingham)
11:24 (Yarmouth, Norwich & Cromer – Leicester & Birmingham)
11:42 (SX) /11:53 (SO) (Hunstanton & KL – Peterborough North)
12:32 (SO**) (Yarmouth – Derby)
12:43 (SO) (KL 12:36) Peterborough North
12:50 (SO**) (Yarmouth – Leicester)
13:00 (SX) /13:23 (SO) Peterborough North
13:40 (SO) (Yarmouth – Leicester)
14:10 (SO) (Yarmouth & Cromer – Mansfield Town)
15:22 (SO) (Melton Constable – Peterborough North)
15:33 (SX) /16:13 (SO) (Yarmouth – Peterborough North)
16:30 (KL 16:21) Nottingham Midland
17:43 (SO**) (Yarmouth & Cromer – Leicester)
17:53 (KL 17:45) Peterborough North
19:28** (KL 19:21) Bourne
20:35 (ThSO) (Hunstanton & KL – Peterborough North)
Peterborough North (M&GNR departures only), June 1955
05:10 Kings Lynn
06:43 Yarmouth Beach
09:18 (SO**) Yarmouth Beach (semi-fast)
10:35 Yarmouth Beach
11:25 (ThSO) Hunstanton via Kings Lynn
12:47 Yarmouth Beach
15:42 Kings Lynn
17:55 Kings Lynn
20:15 Melton Constable
22:45 (SO) Kings Lynn