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October Diesel Day Cancelled

07/10/2016

Due to the unavailability of a diesel locomotive for our advertised Diesel Day on Saturday 15th October, we are forced to cancel the advertised services. However we will still be, and our residen...

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Little Switzerland's First Oktoberfest

28/09/2016

The Churnet Valley Railway is getting ready for a brand new event on the line, with Little Switzerland's first Oktoberfest as Bavarian Culture is brought to the valley. Providing something diff...

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War In The Valley 2016

04/09/2016

The Churnet Valley Railway is getting ready for another nostalgic journey, as Staffordshire’s Little Switzerland gets transported back to the 1940s for one of the line’s biggest crowd-pullers – the...

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Daily Mirror Award Winners

29/08/2016

The Churnet Valley Railway is delighted to announce that we have been awarded 1st Place in the Daily Mirror's Top 10 "UK Steam Train Trips". Acknowledging that a journey on a heri...

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Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership Completion

14/08/2016

Four years since work began and the Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership Project 6 (Railway Heritage) has now come to an end, with all invoices having been paid. This has been supported with...

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Gins & Trains Descend On The Valley

08/08/2016

Preparations are well under way for the Churnet Valley Railway’s first ever Gin Festival, as G&T prepares to take on a whole new meaning over the weekend of August 20/21. The event is a u...

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Churnet Valley Wartime

13/07/2016

Bookings are now being taken for the Churnet Valley's Annual 1940s weekend on September 10th & 11th, as Staffordshire's Little Switzerland is taken on a trip down memory lane with a nostal...

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Souvenir Guidebook Updated

14/06/2016

Re-released following a full update to the modern day, the Churnet Valley Railways 5th Edition of the souvenir guidebook is now for sale. This A5 softback book is full of 60-pages worth of concise...

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