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Celebrate a ‘Day of Dance’ at the Severn Valley Railway
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The Severn Valley Railway is hosting a mini-festival of traditional British dance performances on Saturday, July 20.
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Issue 321
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With Heritage Railway magazine, you can keep up to date with essential railway news, days out and lots more! You won’t want to miss issue 321 of Heritage Railway magazine. If you’d like to give this edition of Heritage Railway magazine a read, then you can skip the wait and download the digital version or you can order the…
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Passengers travelling to Glastonbury by train warned to expect disruptions
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Music fans travelling to Glastonbury Festival by train on Thursday have been warned they could face disruptions.
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Roads To Rail this weekend
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Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are to stage a nostalgic fundraising steam rally this weekend – bringing the Isle of Purbeck to life with evocative re-creations of a bygone age.
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Train cancellations up 8% in a year
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Train cancellations in England and Wales have risen by 8% in the past year, latest figures show. The equivalent of 249,133 trains were cancelled in the year to the end of March, according to Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data, an average of 681 every day. During the previous 12 months, the total was…
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Lake District town added to train journey planners despite not having a railway station
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Avanti West Coast said passengers can now travel to Keswick with a single ticket, despite the town not having a railway station. Keswick has been added to train journey planners in an effort to encourage tourists to travel car-free, with passengers able to buy a single ticket covering travel by train and bus to and…
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Train restoration enthusiast awarded BEM for service to steam and heritage railways
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A steam engine restoration enthusiast has been awarded a British Empire Medal for his service to steam and heritage railways after buying and restoring 11 engines with his own money. Peter Best said that seeing young people on one of his trains gives him “huge pleasure and pride”, despite the financial cost. Mr Best is…
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Your gallery: Steam at Swanage
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Here is a collection of excellent railway photograph submitted by the Heritage Railway community this week (8 – 14 June). Swanage Steam Gala by Kevin Chick Here are some photos from the Swanage Steam Gala on Saturday 8th June 2024. These were taken just outside Swanage station. 34070 Manston at The Swanage Railway by Duncan…
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Tour the diesel and electric locomotives of the 80s and 90s in new book
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Roger Rounce’s new book presents a round-the-UK tour of diesel and electric locomotives, from Devon and Cornwall right the way up to Scotland and everything else in between. The new book ‘Diesel and Electric Locomotives Around the UK in the 80s and 90s’ will be published by Gresley Books later this month, with pre-orders now…
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‘Series of unfortunate events’ couldn’t stop Spa Valley Railway’s steam weekend
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Gala successes are the result of untold hours and months of planning that culminate in a few final days of hard graft and fun. Owen Hayward reports in words and pictures on a visit to the Spa Valley Railway’s gala, where, despite being faced with a series of unfortunate events in the days immediately beforehand,…
