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.
Essential track upgrades are planned to take place across multiple weekends at the end of January and at the beginning of February Passengers are being…