Tag: Restoration

Swanage Railway volunteers launch £450,000 survival appeal

The Swanage Railway Trust has launched an appeal to raise £450,000 to…

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Plaque at East Midlands station recognises National Heritage Award win

Kettering railway station now has a plaque to recognise its achievement as…

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Greater Manchester’s Trafford Park station house to become health hub

The former station house at Trafford Park in Greater Manchester is to…

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Tea room opened on Hertfordshire railway station

A grant from London Northwestern Railway has enabled a disused building to…

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Steam locomotive preservation group granted charity status

The 4566 Preservation Group which aims to restore ex-Great Western Railway light…

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Tralee and Dingle Railway Carriage restoration reaches milestone

The Cavan and Leitrim Railway in Dromod has revealed that its ongoing…

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Whitley Bay Metro Station restoration project sees work resume once again

The £5.3m project at the North Tyneside metro station will continue following…

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Clacton Express Preservation Group makes final attempt to save complete AC EMU from disposal

The preservation group is offering the vehicle free to any good home…

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Appeal for funds to complete restoration of boiler for steam locomotive No. 7200

The 7200 Trust is well advanced with the restoration of 7200, but…

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Newton-le-Willows: world’s oldest railway viaduct repaired in time for bicentenary

Network Rail is repairing the oldest railway viaduct in the world in…

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