Subway work will halt train services and traffic

A road will be closed for a month and trains temporarily replaced by buses when work begins on a subway for pedestrians and cyclists underneath a railway line.

The new layout beside a railway bridge in Wymondham, Norfolk, aims to improve access to the town centre and forms part of a planned housing development.

Station Road will be closed from 30 June until 27 July, while rail services on the Norwich to Ely line will be affected for three days from 5 July, including throughout Monday, 7 July.

"We're really sorry that engers will face disruption, including on a working day, but it's fundamental to allow this scheme to move forward," a spokesman for Network Rail said.

It said the "key phase" of construction at the beginning of July involved removing the railway tracks and excavating the earth underneath.

A crane would then lift in several concrete subway sections, each of which would weigh about 28 tonnes, it added.

During this time, trains cannot run on the Greater Anglia route between Norwich and Cambridge and Stansted Airport, as well as the East Midlands Railway route between Norwich and Nottingham and Liverpool Lime Street.

Various timetable changes have been put in place on the different routes across the three days, with engers advised to check before they travel.

The subway, constructed by housing developers Taylor Wimpey and Vistry, is expected to open in the autumn of 2026.

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