You will find below a selection of some of the best heritage steam railways in Britain, the ones that offer the longest or most picturesque trips, or those that are most interesting in terms of the material used. After that, you will find a list of top railway museums in England.Top...
to the Heritage Railway Association discover our railways, trams, cliff lifts and museums with our Heritage Rail UK & Ireland Map. If you are part of the Travel Trade, or are arranging a visit by a group or party, please download our Travel Trade and Group Guide....
The Heritage Railway Association is the UK-wide trade association and professional support body representing, protecting and promoting the interests of heritage and tourist railways, tramways, cliff railways, railway preservation groups and related museums. We celebrate the past, support the present and...
Gilsland station must have had some of the best access to one of the UK’s foremost historical sites. This must rank as one of the most philistine of the station closures of the Beeching era. But the Prime Minister of the time; Harold Wilson once said that we won’t need railways in ...
More than 200 representatives of heritage railways throughout the UK attended the latest conference organised by the heritage rail industry trade body in Birmingham on November 1 and 2. They heard from no fewer than 23 speakers and contributors covering everything from the latest innovations in ...
About the Project The UK has over 200 heritage railway lines in operation. Traditionally these have run on coal, preferably Welsh steam coal, a form of bituminous coal known for its good calorific values, low sulphur content and semi smokeless properties. However, many of these mines in Wales...
FIVE cities and one town made it to the Department for Transport's shortlist to house the headquarters of Great British Railways. They now go forward to a ... competitionline - 《Competitionline》 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Many voices, one vision : the early years of the World Heritage Conventi...
Károly Teleki (Hungary) emphasised that industrial heritage does not only mean factories, but also bridges, railways, utilities (e.g. gas works, water towers, radio masts), granaries, market halls, or even workers' housing, which is an integral part of the industrial landscape. The Slovak...
George was influential in establishing the first railways in Turkey. In 1856 aged 30 he was the agent for the Danube and Black Sea Railway company in Constantinople. It was the first to build a railway between the Danube at Cernovoda and the port of Constanta on the Black Sea in 186074....
She led evidence-based research initiative on illicit trade across Georgian-Abkhaz di- vide and prospects of their regulation, on the peace dividend of re-opening railways in the South Cauca- sus, pursued policy research with particular focus on the role of the European Union in building peace ...