The Middleton Towers Restoration Group lodged a petition with Norfolk County Council to request a feasibility study into reopening of the old Lynn and Dereham railway.

The group has called for the line to be reinstated to connect the "severed" towns, as significant housing developments spring up across the region.

However, Norfolk County Council has said it needs to focus its efforts on schemes with higher chances of going ahead.

Launched in 1846, the former 11-station line served the area for more than 120 years but closed in 1968.

However, the section between Middleton Towers and King's Lynn........

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