viaduct across the River Bure and the Vauxhall Viaduct across the GER's East Suffolk line. In total, £159,758-12-4d (equivalent to £ in ) was spent in constructing , not taking account of the costs of alterations made to Yarmouth Beach station to accommodate the new connection. The track was at first double but became single for the Breydon Viaduct, now the most important engineering structure on the M&GN, before becoming double again to join the GER curve from Yarmouth South Town station at Gorleston North Junction. The contractors for the line were Oliver & Sons of Rugby, and John Wilson from the GER was appointed as engineer. Operations Passenger traffic As the Joint Committee had no rolling stock of its own, services between Yarmouth and Lowestoft or either and Beccles typically consisted of two coaches hauled by a small tank locomotive such as the M&GN 4-4-2Ts. The M&GN initially ran four daily services to and from Lowestoft, while the GER laid on three trains; the M&GN used Yarmouth Beach and the GER South Town. The GER services were withdrawn during the First World War. The M&GN also operated two holiday expresses: a morning service to Leicester and Birmingham and an afternoon one to Derby, Manchester and Liverpool. Neither called at or Corton stations. Consequently, although and Gorleston North stations received around 10,000 passengers between them and Lowestoft Central around 25,000 passengers during the pre-First World War period, Hopton and Corton saw little traffic. In fact, Corton station had less than 10,000 passengers during 1911, which corresponded to less than half a passenger for each M&GN stopping service. There were no Sunday passenger services except during Summer, although a to Yarmouth service in October did run until 1905 for the benefit of daytrippers. Between January 1917 and July 1919, all GER services were withdrawn between Yarmouth South Town and Lowestoft Central as a First World War economy measure. Although the M&GN remained a joint line after the 1923 railway grouping, it was now operated by the London Midland and Scottish Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway. The same year, the LMS introduced a new service which connected and with Yarmouth and Lowestoft. The journey time between Manchester and Yarmouth was 6 hours 25 minutes. A variety of Great Eastern, Great Northern and Great Central tanks were used to provide a regular but poorly-patronised service. During the Second World War,