When a major building is seriously damaged or destroyed there is always a debate: restore or replace. On 17 July 2021 the largely wooden-built Grade B listed building that served platform 1 at Troon station in Scotland was destroyed beyond repair. The building, which...
Ptolemy Dean OBE presented the 2024 National Railway Heritage Awards at a ceremony on Wednesday 4 December 2024. The Guest of Honour at the 2024 National Railway Heritage Awards held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on Wednesday 4 December 2024 was Ptolemy Dean...
Friday 25 October 2024 saw representatives of the National Railway Heritage Awards and the Friends of the station gather in the recently-restored refreshment rooms on Platform Two, where the plaque awarded to the Centenary Lounge Ltd for the work completed was...
At the 2023 National Railway Heritage Awards, announced in December 2023, the restoration of Findlater’s Corner at London Bridge station was awarded the Southeastern Commercial Restoration Award and, on Wednesday 16 October 2024, the plaque was officially unveiled on...
A torrential downpour – which fortunately did not start properly until after the ceremony and photography – failed to cause too much disruption at Rowden Mill on Monday 2 September when the plaque awarded to the station’s owners at the 2023 National Railway Heritage...
On a warm afternoon, the NRHA 2023 Partnership Award sponsored by BAM Nuttall was unveiled at the former depot site at St Blazey (Par) Cornwall on Friday 30 August.The NRHA attendees were Andy Savage MBE, Gavin Johns (Chairman of Adjudicators and Trustee), Malcolm...
" To recognise, acknowledge and reward, for the public benefit, the very best in restoration, conservation and re-use of our historic railway infrastructure. "
