page_title: Dereham
section_title: Railway
hierarchical_section_title: Dereham / Transport / Railway
caption_attribution_description: English: Yaxham Road
context_page_description: Dereham, also known as East Dereham, is a town and civil parish in the Breckland District of the English county of Norfolk. It is situated on the A47 road, about 15 miles west of the city of Norwich and 25 miles east of King's Lynn.
  The civil parish has an area of 21.51 km² and, in the 2001 census, had a population of 15,659 in 6,941 households; the population at the 2011 census increased to 18,609. Dereham falls within, and is the centre of administration for, Breckland District Council. The town should not be confused with the Norfolk village of West Dereham, which lies about 25 miles away.
  Since 1983, Dereham has been twinned with the town of Rüthen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is also twinned with Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf, France.
  In spite of the reunification of Germany in 1990, the sign on the A47 at the entrance to Dereham from the Swaffham direction still refers to Rüthen being in West Germany; this sparks periodic comment in the local press.
context_section_description: The railway between Dereham and Wymondham, described earlier in the History section, has been preserved and is now operated as a tourist line by the Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust. This charitable company also owns the line north towards County School railway station; it has started to gradually reopen the line towards North Elmham and aims to eventually relay the line to Fakenham. As well as running heritage trains, the MNR also runs special attractions such as the Polar Express ride every winter and operate non-passenger services in support of main line companies.
caption: Yaxham Road, East Dereham. Level crossing
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