Fresh calls have been made to turn more of Norfolk's disused railway lines into routes pedestrians and cyclists could use to get between towns and villages.
There have long been suggestions that some of the county's old lines could be turned into 'green travel' routes - but there is a growing sense of frustration over making that happen.
Norfolk County Council is currently consulting over transport strategies for Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn, in which the potential to make use of disused rail routes features.
Steam trains at Great Yarmouth's Beach Station (Image: Archant)
Potential ones in Great Yarmouth include lines which used to run from Southtown, past Bradwell and Belton to the west of Gorleston, from Great Yarmouth to Caister-on-Sea and from Ormesby to Hemsby.
An archive photo of Fakenham Railway Station (Image: Newsquest Library)
A 20-mile link between King's Lynn and Fakenham, along the route of the old Lynn-Fakenham Railway, which shut in 1959, has also been mooted .
But, at a recent meeting of County Hall's Conservative-controlled cabinet, Liberal Democrat councillor Rob Colwell asked when the talk would turn into action.
Rob Colwell, Liberal Democrat county councillor (Image: Archant)
He asked: "Many people support this move as a means of providing safer routes.
"Will long-term aspirations of utilising old railway lines as greenways ever be prioritised for linking rural villages with towns in Norfolk to promote active travel?"
Graham Plant, the council's cabinet member for highways, infrastructure and transport, said: "The adopted Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIP) for Norfolk include longer term aspirational schemes which incorporate elements of disused railway lines within the county.
"These routes are included with the 1,200 schemes which could enable increased levels of walking, wheeling and cycling in both urban and rural settings.
Graham Plant, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for highways, transport and infrastructure (Image: Owen Sennitt)
"All current LCWIP schemes are undergoing a prioritisation exercise which will lead to a pipeline of projects being developed further to help attract funding.
"As with all these schemes, delivery is subject to securing funding from such agencies as Active Travel England, Defra and alike to first develop scheme feasibility and then capital funding for delivery."
Some of the most popular walking routes in the county are along former railway routes, such as the Marriott's Way between Norwich and Aylsham and parts of the Weavers' Way.