Sam Hewitt

ONE of Britain’s smallest standard gauge heritage lines – which keeps alive the heritage of what is thought to be the world’s oldest public railway – has held its first open day. Despite poor weather, the Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway attracted 250 visitors to the Sunday, September 3 event at the site of the…

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TRAINS are set to return to the tourist honeypot of Broadway on March 30 next year – after the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s £1.25 million share issue to fund its northern extension went £800,000 over its target. Broadway now features in the 2018 timetable, which is currently being prepared for publication. The town’s station saw its…

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HUNDREDS of people turned out to see North Norfolk Railway-based WD Austerity 2-10-0 No. 90775 named The Royal Norfolk Regiment, in honour of a local army regiment. Saturday, September 9, saw onlookers crowd every vantage point at Sheringham station to see the locomotive haul a special train carrying 170 invited guests to Holt, following the…

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WORK on building a new £2 million town centre terminus for the Seaton Tramway began on September 18. The new station will provide a modern, all-year round facility for visitors, offering a small cafe and gift shop. With a modern, inspiring and engaging experience, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the fascination surrounding…

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MORE than £300,000 has now been raised for the Llangollen Railway’s eagerly awaited extension into Corwen town centre. Promotion of shares in Llangollen Railway plc to support the Big Push for Corwen has now seen the total allocation pass the £92,000 mark, with new shareholders making applications by the day. However, there are still £277,000…

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SWANAGE Railway volunteers are celebrating after winning a major civil engineering award for the restoration and upgrade of a three-mile section of railway enabling a trial passenger train service to run from Swanage to Wareham for the first time in 45 years. The Purbeck line has won the annual Institution of Civil Engineers’ South West…

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THE East Lancashire Railway (ELR) has unveiled its blueprint for the £600,000 redevelopment of its northern terminus of Rawtenstall station. An application for planning permission for the scheme, which will also provide community facilities, has been submitted to Rossendale Borough Council. The plans include the erection of an L-shaped canopy spanning the entire length and…

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THIS year’s steam trips on London Underground metals were a total sell out – with a waiting list drawn up to fill seats for ‘no shows’. The hugely successful summer steam trips were organised by London Transport Museum and London Underground and saw four trips a day run to Amersham. The first trip of each…

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By Cedric Johns and Robin Jones FLYING Scotsman’s eagerly-anticipated visit to the West Somerset Railway has been described as one of the most successful events in the heritage line’s history. No less than 10,700 tickets were sold for the Bishops Lydeard-Minehead-Bishops Lydeard trains running twice each day from Tuesday through to the following Tuesday, September…

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