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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 →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...
Read more →Children Travel Free With Rail 200
07/01/2025Celebrate 200 Years of Railways in Great Britain with the Churnet Valley Railway, a historic and scenic railway in Staffordshire. Known as the "Little Switzerland" of England, our railway of...
Read more →Heritage Behind The Scenes Open Days 2025
02/01/2025Be Part of History: Explore the Newly Extended Churnet Valley Railway! We’re thrilled to announce the completion of Phase 1 of our exciting restoration project which was formally opened on th...
Read more →First Train Steams Into Leek 31st December 2024
31/12/2024Today marked the realisation of dreams and aspirations as the first heritage train operated by The Churnet Valley Railway (1992 ) PLC steamed into the new temporary terminus at Leek Station. ...
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