PRESS RELEASE: RAILWAY HERITAGE TRUST Restoration and regeneration of historic railway stations and structures to provide 21st century facilities for rail customers, and business and leisure accommodation for non-rail organisations all feature in the twenty-ninth...
The Railway Heritage Trust has awarded First ScotRail two grants, totalling £131,000, towards the restoration of Gleneagles Station, to ensure the station is at its best for the 2014 Ryder Cup. Please see the attached for full details. Download...
The Railway Heritage Trust has awarded two grants, each of £200,000, to Railway Paths Ltd to create new walking routes over viaducts on closed railway lines. They are Torksey Viaduct over the River Trent and Lumb Viaduct over the River Irwell. Please see the attached...
The Railway Heritage Trust has funded a plaque to honour Lance Corporal John Alexander ‘Jock’ Christie, VC. Jock Christie was a parcels clerk employed by the London & North Western Railway at Euston Station and enlisted in September 1914. He is one...
On October 11th Sir William McAlpine, Chairman of the Railway Heritage Trust, handed over a cheque for £150,000 to the London Borough of Southwark to mark completion of the restoration of the Abbey Street underbridge in Bermondsey. The completion of this project means...
The Railway Heritage Trust has awarded a grant of £34,341 to Network Rail to help restore the listed platform canopy that extends beyond the main station between Platforms 8 & 9. Please see the attached Press Release for full details. Download...