Lunchtime on Thursday 7 September saw representatives of the National Railway Heritage Awards, the Oxford Preservation Trust and the contractors involved on the project gather alongside the canal in Oxford for the official unveiling of the Railway Heritage Trust Award...
At the 2022 National Railway Heritage Awards, announced at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London, the royal station at Wolferton – on the closed line from King’s Lynn to Hunstanton – was given the National Highways Award for the best restoration on a closed line.On...
On Friday 1 September 2023 NRHA chairman, Andy Savage MBE, attended the Annual General Meeting of the Friends on Bennerley Viaduct in order to re-present the plaque that the project to restore the viaduct – supported by the Friends and Railway Paths Ltd – had been...
Tuesday 11 July was a busy day for National Railway Heritage Awards chairman Andy Savage who had the pleasure of attending three events in Scotland where plaques – marking the success of the entrants in the 2022 competition – were officially unveiled.The first of the...
A well-attended unveiling ceremony was held in the booking hall of Sudbury Hill station –one of the iconic European style art deco designs by Charles Holden constructed for the transfer of the route from District to Piccadilly lines in 1932 – on Monday 29 June 2023....
A large turnout attended the unveiling of the 2022 Translink-sponsored National Railway Heritage Award for Structures on Monday 26 June 2023. The award was won by Greenways and Cycleroutes for their restoration of Tidenham Tunnel as part of the Wye Valley Greenway....
" To recognise, acknowledge and reward, for the public benefit, the very best in restoration, conservation and re-use of our historic railway infrastructure. "
