Nick Champion from Wells and Walsingham light railway looks forward to welcoming back passengers after reopening to the public on May 1. - Credit: Neil Didsbury / Archant 2021 People have once again been able to take a trip on the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway after it reopened to the public. Known as the world's smallest light railway, the popular attraction steams between the Norfolk seaside town of Wells-next-the-Sea and the abbey village of Walsingham. Wells and Walsingham Light Railway has reopened to the public - Credit: Neil Didsbury / Archant 2021 The line, which follows the route of the old Great Eastern Line for four miles from Wells to Walsingham was built by Lieutenant Commander Roy Wallace-Francis in 1979.