Editing North Norfolk Railway (section)

==Funding and associated bodies==
The railway relies on a variety of sources to fund its operation.  Funding sources have included:

A £419,000 carriage store (Bridge Road Carriage Sheds) was constructed close to Holt with the help of a 2006 grant of £308,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. A path from Holt station was included, but stops just before the sheds, with no public access to the site being possible.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mandgn.org/post/bridge-road-carriage-sheds-commissioned|title=Bridge Road Carriage Sheds Commissioned|date=21 February 2008|website=M&GN Railway}}</ref>

In April 2013, the line was awarded £99,500 from the [[National Lottery Heritage Fund]] (NLHF) to further its restoration and education programmes, specifically to show the impact railways had on the development of the London suburbs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-22281739|title=North Norfolk Railway awarded £99,500 lottery funding|work=BBC News |date=24 April 2013}}</ref>

In 2016, the line was celebrating the completion of a new Tourist Information Centre at Sheringham and a new boiler shop at Weybourne, which were made possible by a £498,000 award from the government's '''Coastal Community Fund'''.  North Norfolk District Council also awarded £154,000 towards the work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/lifestyle/22466455.north-norfolk-railway-celebrating-double-success/|title=North Norfolk Railway celebrating double success|date=14 December 2016|website=Norwich Evening News}}</ref>

In April 2020, the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society, backers of the North Norfolk Railway, purchased Hunslet 0-6-0ST locomotive No. 1982, "Ring Haw" and a crane from the company in order to release funds for the line and ensure that the vehicles remained on the North Norfolk Railway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.therailwayhub.co.uk/11079/north-norfolk-railway-lifeline-after-society-support-package/|title=North Norfolk Railway lifeline after society support package|first=Sam|last=Hewitt|date=2 April 2020|website=www.therailwayhub.co.uk}}</ref>

In July 2020, the line was given a grant of £46,500 towards reinstating train services from the NLHF Emergency appeal.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/heritage/north-norfolk-railway-receives-46-500-grant-1-6727413 |title=Popular Poppy Line back and receives £46,500 grant ahead of reopening |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920024330/https://www.edp24.co.uk/features/heritage/north-norfolk-railway-receives-46-500-grant-1-6727413 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2020, the line was awarded £360,000 from the [[Culture Recovery Fund]] (from the Heritage and the Heritage Stimulus Fund), funded by the government and administered by [[Historic England]] and the NLHF.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/government-culture-cash-to-protect-norfolk-steam-train-services-1-6875954 |title=Two heritage railways given £550,000 to help them survive Covid |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029045453/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/government-culture-cash-to-protect-norfolk-steam-train-services-1-6875954 |url-status=dead }}</ref>