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GWR1751st January saw the last fire dropped of the 2009 season and the railway is now closed for annual winter maintenance until 6th March.  2010 is a very special year: it is the 175th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway and will be a major 9-day event at between 29th May and 6th June to celebrate this important milestone.  Full information will be available shortly.  What else will be happening? Well, that cheeky blue engine, Thomas the Tank Engine will be visiting again, as with the red engine that takes the role of Hogwarts Castle in the Harry Potter movies. Click here for a quick run-down of the important event coming up - it's going to be an action-packed year!

Meanwhile, how about investing some of your Christmas money by buying a piece of a real railway? Shares in Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway Plc give you an opportunity to have a say and you get a brilliant return on your investment too - in fact, for an investment of just £100 your travel benefits will mean the investment fully pays for itself in just three years! You can apply for shares here.  If you want to read about where the money goes, take a read of this article, which also appears in Steam Railway magazine.

Or what about the ultimate 'red letter' day! Feeling the power of a main-line diesel or steam locomotive under your control is an extraordinarily thrilling experience. You can apply for a footplate experience day here.

And if you fancy helping out with out winter maintenance, why not get involved? Click here to find out how to become a volunteer!


Last day of the season: on a crisp January 1st 2010 9F class 2-10-0 no. 92203 Black Prince powers up the gradient towards Gotherington with the 11.20 service from Cheltenham Racecourse.  The railway is now closed until March (Photograph: Ian Crowder)
Last day of the season: on a crisp January 1st 2010 9F class 2-10-0 no. 92203 Black Prince powers up the gradient towards Gotherington with the 11.20 service from Cheltenham Racecourse. The railway is now closed until March (Photograph: Ian Crowder)  

What's on

The GWR 175 section of the site has now opened keep checking it for historical pieces and news and information about the Honeybourne Line's most ambitious gala ever. Buy your tickets for the gala online now.

The season has ended but the railway doesn't sleep - there is plenty of track maintenance to do, modifications to Toddington Signal Box to carry out ready for opening of the extension to Laverton; locomotives and rolling stock to repair and maintain.  Also, Toddington Station will be enjoying a real spruce-up during the winter.  Fancy helping out? Click here to find out how to become a volunteer!

More trains and special events next year! Visit the 2010 timetable and click here for our 2010 list of events.

Now open! the new GWR online shop

Buy GWR gift vouchers, an ideal Birthday present!

You can now buy your standard tickets in advance online here. You can still, of course, turn up on the day and buy your tickets from our booking offices.

Have a go… 2010 Steam firing and driving experience dates now available and if diesel is more your thing the diesel experience dates are also available

If you travelled with us in 2009 please spare a few minutes to complete our new online feedback form.


Latest news

25/01/2010
Job done! A new bridge on the Honeybourne Line
The ‘Laverton Gap’ is no more and a bridge once more links the two embankments either side of the Laverton to Dumbleton road.
25/01/2010
Mystery package at Toddington
Volunteer staff and visitors to Toddington were intrigued to find a huge blue package in the car park over the weekend of 23-24 January…
25/01/2010
GWR175 limited-edition print soon available!
Our resident artist, Frederick Lea, has been commissioned to produce a montage painting that commemorates the 175 years of the Great Western Railway and it will shortly be available.
24/01/2010
Have you got something we could borrow?
Would you like to be part of the GWR175 celebrations – the Honeybourne Line’s most ambitious event and one that will do great justice to the 175th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway? Well you could be…read on!
23/01/2010

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