diesel multiple units. Miscellaneous Before carriages were lit by electric lighting they were lit by gas. Norwich had an oil gas works and carriages north of a line from Harwich to Cambridge were supplied with oil gas. The gas was distributed to other stations in a dedicated fleet of ten tank wagons. Use of the facility declined in the 1930s although up until the 1950s catering vehicles were still supplied. Children's author Arthur Ransome set the opening paragraph of Coot Club (1934) at Norwich Thorpe station. It also appears in the 1971 film The Go-Between. See also Railways in Norfolk Crown Point TMD References Further reading External links Railway stations in Norfolk Buildings and structures in Norwich Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations served by East Midlands Railway Greater Anglia franchise railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1844 Transport in Norwich William Neville Ashbee railway stations DfT Category B stations