Heritage

The Severn Valley Railway has launched ticket sales for its regular services and three of its major events in 2022, offering visitors the opportunity to get spring off to a great start with a heritage rail journey. Tickets for the...

Campaigners have welcomed National Highways’ commitment to reprieve a historic railway bridge in East Sussex following robust opposition from the community and local council. Church Road bridge in Barcombe was one of 68 Victorian structures earmarked for infilling or demolition...

Knaresborough rail station has won a prestigious national award after some of its disused buildings were transformed into stunning modern community facilities.  Significant recent investment that has seen a new tearoom, antiques store, and contemporary gin and real ale bar...

The Severn Valley Railway is among nearly 140 heritage organisations to benefit from a share of the £16.5 million latest round of awards. The leading heritage railway, which runs between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, has received a grant of £1,012,900 in...

A Grade II listed signal box on one of the country’s most picturesque rail routes has been refurbished to improve future journeys for passengers and freight. The signal box in Garsdale on the Settle and Carlisle railway line has been...

Seventy years after the Hatfield and St Albans Railway carried its last passenger, Hertfordshire rail heritage enthusiasts are staging an exhibition at Hatfield station about the former Great Northern Railway (GNR) branch line. The Smallford Station and Alban Way Heritage...

The restoration of a rare Norfolk railway sign, thought to be the only surviving structure of its kind still in existence on the national rail network, has won first place at the National Railway Heritage Awards. The Bittern Line Community...

Network Rail is delighted to be recognised for the £250,000 restoration of one Britain’s most famous signal boxes Shrewsbury’s Severn Bridge Junction Signal box is one of our most striking and famous signal boxes in the world and it has...

A team of volunteers from Network Rail recently joined forces with staff from Bodmin & Wenford Railway to help spruce up the heritage railway in preparation for the return of the Santa Special steam trains relaunching this December. The 25-strong...

Railway workers and community volunteers have joined forces to tidy up Ridgmont station as the Marston Vale line prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary. A six-strong team from Network Rail and the Marston Vale Community Rail Partnership (MVCRP) cut back undergrowth,...