Churnet Valley Railway News
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Kitchen Coach (RK 80030) Returns To Service Following Extensive Restoration Work
11/05/2026Following months of intensive work behind the scenes, Churnet Valley Railway is delighted to announce that RK 80030, our unique Kitchen Coach, was successfully returned to service in time for the star...
Read more →Diana Back Into Traffic April 2026
11/05/2026Diana Returns to Service Following Extensive Two-Month Restoration Following two months of dedicated work by our Carriage & Wagon team, we are delighted to announce that Diana has now returned...
Read more →Bridges And Structures Update 2024 (Late Summer)
07/04/20253rd September, at Four Fields, there is a 24” drain running diagonally from the down to the up side and in recent years, tree growth has inhibited the flow of water through the drain. Today, Ber...
Read more →Bridges And Structures Update 2024 (Late Spring)
31/03/2025Since our last update the team have been hard at work maintaining this crucial part of the railway infrastructure. Through May little work took place on the railway as we hosted our first Steam Gala s...
Read more →A Heritage Railway Where Steam Still Works For A Living
24/03/2025The Churnet Valley Railway is sometimes overlooked in favour of bigger, more traditional heritage railways that operate classic British locomotives. But we do things differently. While many preserved...
Read more →Bridges And Structures Update 2024 (Winter)
24/03/2025You wouldn’t know it but while you travel along our 11 miles of railway you traverse over nearly 100 bridges and structures. Some are as simple as small culverts, (a culvert is a structure that...
Read more →Our First Heritage Open Day – What A Huge Success!
08/03/2025Wow – what a day! Yesterday, 92 of you joined us for our first-ever Heritage Open Day, making history as the very first passengers to buy tickets to travel to Leek and also travel on the Stoke l...
Read more →Churnet Valley Railway Leaves Heritage Railway Association
28/01/2025As of today, the Churnet Valley Railway (1992) PLC is no longer a member of the Heritage Railway Association (HRA) having not renewed our subscription - today we received notice that our benefits have...
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