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Keep up to date with the Latest News about Churnet Valley Railway

Moorlander Relaunched

13/06/2016

The Churnet Valley Railway is excited to announce the latest masterpiece from the volunteers of the line's Carriage & Wagon workshops, as part of the public re-launch of the hugely popular &qu...

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Churnet Valley Railway Hattrick

07/06/2016

The Churnet Valley Railway is delighted to announce that for the third consecutive year it has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. These annual awards, which are now in their s...

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Anything Goes 2016

26/05/2016

Plans are coming together for the Churnet Valley Railway’s annual summer “Anything Goes” gala over the weekend of 25th/26th June, with a variety of attractions available for visit...

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Pioneer Returns Home

24/05/2016

The Churnet Valley Railway is delighted to announce that the locomotive, which signaled the start of railway preservation of former Knotty lines back in 1977, has now returned to its spiritual home....

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5197 Passes Insurance Exam

20/05/2016

We are happy to announce that early this evening (20th May), USATC S160 no. 5197 boiler successfully passed its insurance examination. This now sees the end of her overhaul insight, as full re...

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Reconnect Leek Update

14/04/2016

We are disappointed to learn that our colleagues at Moorland & City Railways have had their planning application for a small housing development at Leekbrook Junction refused in today's pla...

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Come & Join Us For St George's Day

12/04/2016

Tickets are still available onboard our Moorlander Lunch train to celebrates >St George's Day<, on Saturday 23rd April. Departing from Cheddleton Station at 12:42, onb...

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Vintage Vehicle Weekend Moved

05/04/2016

The Churnet Valley is forced to announce that the proposed "Vintage Vehicle Rally" that was booked to run over the weekend of April 23/24, has had to be postponed and will now be included...

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