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Churnet Valley Railway News – General News

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Operations Department: Crossing Keeper

11/04/2023

We have some openings for new volunteers across the railway. Are you interested in railways or just looking for a new activity ? If so we might be the place for you. There are some opportunities in...

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The Living Project

22/03/2023

We are putting together a series of living history interviews with all people connected with the railway and surrounding area. Sadly we may have left this too late, however we are determined to track...

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Car SOS - Series 11

20/03/2023

The Churnet Valley Railway is to once again feature on television on 6th April, being the chosen reveal location for the latest restoration completed by the Car SOS team. For those unaware of the f...

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Diesel News Update

16/03/2023

Like buses, no updates for a long time, then two come together. Work is going to recommence soon on 20057, whilst nothing visible has appeared for many months, work has continued in the background....

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Open Weekend News

13/03/2023

As part of the Churnet Valley Railway “Open House” weekend, you will be able to meet a number of our friendly volunteers from a variety of departments. One such team will be our Civils gan...

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Kitchen Coach 80030 Repaint

02/03/2023

During our winter shutdown period, we have been very busy ! Various teams across the Railway have been renewing and repairing parts of our infrastructure which can only be done when we are not running...

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Trespass Sunday 20th February 2023

01/03/2023

Sadly again some members of the public believe its perfectly acceptable to trespass on the railway. The images below are taken from both our CCTV and passengers on board our train. Some people don...

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Railway Extension Vandalised Before First Train Runs

27/02/2023

Disappointingly a small minority are taking it upon themselves to try and disrupt contractors working to bring this to reality. It started off with the gluing of door locks to machinery parked up over...

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