Photos: GWSR Over £100,000 has poured in to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust’s (GWRT) emergency appeal fund – just 10 days after the railway called out for help.  The funds will help the popular heritage railway cover the cost of £500,000 to repair an embankment landslip and comes at a time when

GWR 0-6-0PT No. 7714 approaches Orchard Crossing with a Kidderminster-bound service on October 27, 2019. IAN MURRAY The coronavirus pandemic has forced the closure of the Severn Valley Railway, one of the country’s leading heritage attractions. In a turn of fortunes however, the railway’s emergency appeal has already raised more than £100,000. The

Didcot Railway Centre and Swindon Panel Society are helping Network Rail prepare for rail service delivery during the coronavirus outbreak.  The two heritage charities made their facilities available to enable Network Rail prepare for train service delivery in the event of a shortage of regular signallers due to coronavirus or the

Merddin Emrys head towards Blaenau with a mixed Passenger & Slate Empties in 2005 Photo: Robin Stewart-Smith. The National Lottery Heritage Fund is making £50m available in response to the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK’s heritage. The new Heritage Emergency Fund will help those most in need over

Merddin Emrys head towards Blaenau with a mixed Passenger & Slate Empties in 2005 Photo: Robin Stewart-Smith. The National Lottery Heritage Fund is making £50m available in response to the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK’s heritage. The new Heritage Emergency Fund will help those most in need over

Although the retail premises is temporarily closed to the public, popular railway modelling store A2B Model Railways in Derbyshire is doing everything possible to support modellers during these difficult times. A2B continues to trade online at www.a2bmodelrailways.co.uk and customers can also shop over the phone or via a new Skype service. Customers

Although the retail premises is temporarily closed to the public, popular railway modelling store A2B Model Railways in Derbyshire is doing everything possible to support modellers during these difficult times. A2B continues to trade online at www.a2bmodelrailways.co.uk and customers can also shop over the phone or via a new Skype service. Customers

FREIGHT operators are examining ways to load more containers on their trains, as the demand for rail freight services continues to grow during the coronavirus crisis. Network Rail says one million tonnes of cargoes are travelling on the West Coast Main Line every week, with a further 370,000 tonnes being carried

Merseyrail reverses evening trains decision MERSEYRAIL has abandoned its plan to axe evening services from tonight, which it announced yesterday. There have been reports of protests from health workers, who would not have been able to reach their hospitals for night shifts if no trains were running. In response, Merseyrail has

Network Rail is appealing for former professional signallers across the country to help keep the railway running during the coronavirus crisis. Network Rail is working hard to keep signal boxes and control centres across the region open round the clock. This allows key workers such as doctors and nurses to travel