The freight rail network was sold off by the Richard Court government in 2000 under a 49-year lease, and is currently being operated by Arc Infrastructure.
The Severn Valley Railway is promising “plenty of family fun” when popular children’s character Paddington™ visits during next month’s half-term school break.
Questioned about the status of funding decisions for the two Victorian mega-projects, federal treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government considered them as separate.
On Saturday, 22nd February UK Railtours is running The Shakespearean Sonnet rail tour from London Paddington to Stratford-on-Avon hauled by two pairs of Class 20 locomotives.
