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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The line is a <span class="frac nowrap" style="white-space:nowrap;">4<span class="visualhide" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:auto;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;"> </span><sup style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">1</sup>⁄<sub style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">4</sub></span>-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.</p> |
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The line is a <span class="frac nowrap" style="white-space:nowrap;">4<span class="visualhide" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:auto;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;"> </span><sup style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">1</sup>⁄<sub style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">4</sub></span>-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.</p> |
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| − | <p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from [[British Railways|British Rail]] in 1986. Reaching Both Lydney Junction and Parkend railway stations by 1995 and 2005 respectively. |
+ | <p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from [[British Railways|British Rail]] in 1986. Reaching Both Lydney Junction and Parkend railway stations by 1995 and 2005 respectively. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units.</p> |
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Dean Forest Railway has been given the former Great Western Railway [[Signal Boxes|signal box]] that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and was placed at the newly restored Whitecroft station.</p> |
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Dean Forest Railway has been given the former Great Western Railway [[Signal Boxes|signal box]] that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and was placed at the newly restored Whitecroft station.</p> |
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Revision as of 17:32, 5 September 2016
The Dean Forest Railway is the railway in Gloucestershire where Wilbert works. The Reverend W. Awdry was once the president of the line. Wilbert, formerly "G. B. Keeling", was named after the Reverend W. Awdry.
The line is a 41⁄4-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.
The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1986. Reaching Both Lydney Junction and Parkend railway stations by 1995 and 2005 respectively. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units.
The Dean Forest Railway has been given the former Great Western Railway signal box that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and was placed at the newly restored Whitecroft station.
The Dean Forest Railway has also been given the former Griffithstown Station building. Its removal was completed in June 2016, and is expected to be placed at the new upcoming Speech House Road station.
CrossCountry are now providing a combined fare for travel to Lydney mainline station (on CrossCountry services only) and then onto the Dean Forest Railway.
The Dean Forest Railway plans to extend its heritage services a further 21⁄2 miles (4.0 km) through/into the middle of the Royal Forest at Speech House Road (close to the nearby Beechenhurst Visitor Attraction), bringing the line to a total of about 6 3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) in length
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