Editing Holt, Norfolk (section)

==Transport==

===Railway===
The nearest [[Sheringham railway station|railway station]] to Holt is in the town of [[Sheringham]], where access to the [[National Rail]] network is provided by the [[Bittern Line]] to [[Norwich railway station|Norwich]]. Services are generally hourly and are operated by [[Greater Anglia]].

====History====
{{Main|Holt railway station}}

Holt's original railway station, which opened in 1887, was served by the [[Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway]]. Most of this network was closed by [[British Rail]]ways in 1959, but the short section from [[Melton Constable railway station|Melton Constable]] via Holt to Sheringham (services continuing on to Cromer and Norwich) escaped closure for a few more years. It succumbed finally in 1964 when the branch was cut back to Sheringham, which is now the nearest national railway station. The station was later demolished and the site is now under the town's by-pass.

====Heritage====
[[File:Holt Railway station on the North Norfolk Railway.JPG|thumb|right|Holt's new heritage railway station]]

In 1965, within a year of the closure of the line, the [[North Norfolk Railway]] was formed to restore part of the line as an independent heritage steam railway. Initially, it operated between [[Sheringham railway station (North Norfolk Railway)|Sheringham]] and [[Weybourne railway station|Weybourne]]; later, it was extended to the eastern edge of Holt at a [[Holt railway station (North Norfolk Railway)|new station site]]. A horse-bus service, the ''Holt Flyer'', once ran between the Railway Tavern in the town centre and the new railway station, timed to connect with trains; this has now been replaced by an [[AEC Routemaster]] bus.

====Future ambitions====
There are now plans by the [[Norfolk Orbital Railway]] to extend the railway back towards the town centre<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norfolk-orbital-railway.co.uk/documents/Holt_Land_Purchase.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030060708/http://www.norfolk-orbital-railway.co.uk/documents/Holt_Land_Purchase.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
and on to Melton Constable and Fakenham.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norfolk-orbital-railway.co.uk/index.html |title=Welcome to the Norfolk Orbital Railway project |access-date=2010-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109190308/http://www.norfolk-orbital-railway.co.uk/index.html |archive-date=9 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Buses===
Several local bus routes operate in and around Holt, provided by [[Sanders Coaches]].

===Roads===
The town is on the route of the [[A148 road|A148]] [[King's Lynn]] to [[Cromer]] road.

===Air===
[[Norwich International Airport]] is sited in the northern outskirts of the city.