The lost lines of East Anglia are as distinctive as the area itself. They were particularly dependent on agricultural freight, which for generations had been the main activity in the region. They served many remote rural backwaters that were unlikely to ever provide revenues matching those of railways in the industrialised regions of the country. Even the industries served were largely connected with agriculture and the GER was sometimes called 'The Sweedy'.

The infamous Beeching Report of 1963 recommended wholesale closures. Recognising that irrevocable change was on the way, the railways of East Anglia have been recorded by Nigel Welbourn for over 50 years. This book examines the decline culminating in closure, which has left huge rural areas of East Anglia without any railway services, but equally providing a fascinating legacy of lost railway remains, and covers over 30 closed railways not covered in his previous, highly successful, title in this series Lost Lines: Eastern.

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