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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Someone with a better understanding of Middlesbrough’s railway heritage than me might know what this building was, now opposite the Navigation Inn on Cargo Fleet Road - it’s not listed but is of some character note the angled window in the ground floor gable end.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pleased to see that the new small business centre at Redcar Central Station is now open, with first tenant Lark Bakery selling some lovely cakes. Do pop by & support them if you are in the area. We gave a grant to Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council to restore the building. More tenants coming soon.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I always like a mash-up of railway and music heritage.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It was good to meet TfW & Network Rail Wales route yesterday to discuss planned enhancements to Wrexham General. The station needs better facilities as the city grows, & the site’s heritage is part of that, helping to welcome people and be a catalyst for wider economic growth.

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Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cover to 1977 "Save Britain's Heritage" exhibition on railway architecture along with 2 press clippings; Hanwell station seen in a TSSA journal, & then under threat in 1975, is Listed & recently been restored. The London Evening Standard, contrasts Forest Hill station. @railwayheritage.bsky.social

Cover to "Off the Rails", 1977 Save Britain's Heritage Exhibition on railway architecture, held at RIBA Heinz Gallery in Jan - March 1977. B/W image looking across a Victorian station with staircases to left and multiple canopies.

Press clipping from a TSSA trade union journal of 1975 "Photo Feature" looking at Hanwell station in West London and the working conditions of Mrs Betts, ticket office clerk, who is working under gas light. (The station survived, is Listed and has recently been restored by TfL.)

Press clipping from London Evening Standard 18 January 1977 entitled "Down Memory Lane" by Martin Wainwright that illustrates the Save exhibition with two photos; a 'before' and 'after' of Forest Hill station in London; on left, the Victorian heyday and on right, the BR replacement 1960s structure following demolition of the original station.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We recently awarded a grant to the St Albans South Signal Box Museum to help them re-paint the listed building. That work is now completed and the box is open on the Heritage Open Days of 12 & 13 September 1000-1700. Do visit - they have a first class collection of exhibits.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Progress continues with the rebuilding of the NER footbridge from Garforth, nr Leeds, to the Bredgar & Wormhill Light Railway in Kent. The red oxide paint has arrived and the red cedar planking for the steps. Looking forward to seeing the whole project completed.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We visited Alresford Station in Essex today. Saved from demolition in 2019, locals want it to become a cafe & community space. They have already invested £66k & restored the windows and roof but now need a lease on sensible terms. We will give them a grant to support this.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I visited Blists Hill open air museum last week in Coalbrookdale now managed by the National Trust - here is the amazing Hay Inclined Plane which is part of the museum - seeing this operating must have been quite a spectacle. It was operated by only four men.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

To Castle Cary today to see the completed restoration by GWR and supported with a £275k grant from the RHT. The level of transformation can't be underestimated & the attention to detail is exemplary. Together with the next door Creamery, it's a destination station.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are happy to be supporting the K&ESR ‘Ready for Robertsbridge’ plans through grants we have awarded to restore Tovil footbridge at Northiam. railuk.com/heritage/ken...

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Kent & East Sussex Railway makes headway with ‘Ready for Robertsbridge’ plans - Rail UK

Kent & East Sussex Railway makes headway with ‘Ready for Robertsbridge’ plans - Heritage

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Calder Valley Community Land Trust @cvclt1.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The @railwayheritage.bsky.social have been very supportive and our Signal Box wouldn't be brought to life without that support. Opening in the autumn. #todmorden #hebdenbridge @todmordentweets.bsky.social #choochoo #signalbox

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We are pleased to award a grant to the Friends of Goostrey Station to support their project to install toilet facilities in the historic 1891 LNWR platform building. This will make it easier for them to run community engagement events at the station which is now an art studio,

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A great day in the Highlands at Glenfinnan after an NRHA plaque unveiling event, talking to the Friends of the WHL about their aspirations for Arisaig and with the Glenfinnan Station Team about quality issues and workmanship relating to recent work done at the station.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We recently awarded Network Rail a grant to restore and repaint the facade shield on Grade II listed Lancaster Station. The coat of arms contains elements associated with the city and 'Luck to Loynee' is the city motto, a traditional blessing associated with the River Lune.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

To Hebden Bridge this morning to discuss a possible project in the station building which we will support with a grant. Station looking lovely; also a chance to see work in progress to convert the signal box into a holiday let & heritage centre by @cvclt1.bsky.social

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We're pleased the Gordon & Union St entrances to Glasgow Central will re-open on 13 July. But we think the Argyle St entrance is best - it has this wonderful new tiled artwork for which we gave a grant - a reproduction of a Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh advert for Drooko umbrellas.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We held our Board Meeting today in Bury St Edmunds combining it with a closer look at some of the finest stations in the country. We’d love to see more effort to get them occupied and with a more sustainable future. There’s good work being done elsewhere in the route area but more needed here.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A great pleasure to speak about the work of the RHT at the AGM of the Betjeman Society in Great Malvern today, in the former station hotel, known as the Imperial, and currently Malvern St James school. The spirit of JB runs through all our work. Had to pop into the station too.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A visit to the GWS at Didcot Railway Centre today to discuss a grant for their Grade II engine shed restoration project. It’s a unique structure still owned by Network Rail and follows on from our support for their coal stage restoration.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

One of the pleasures of my job is talking about our work supporting railway heritage projects. Last Friday I was in N London talking to some of the residents of a care home - what a lovely group of people they were too! It also gave me the chance to arrive at Gants Hill Station.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

With my National Railway Heritage Award Trustee hat on, I helped unveil National Highways' NRHA award plaque for their restoration of Bonnington overrbridge near Lanark, built by the Caledonian Railway in 1863. The judges commented on the high quality of the restoration work especially the welding.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The RHT is proud to support #CommunityRailWeek this week. It celebrates amazing work happening across community rail, often involving the restoration and re-use of railway heritage. To find out more and get involved: communityrail.org.uk

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Helen Gittos @handle.invalid · 25/05/2026

The @railwayheritage.bsky.social are doing superb work to conserve the gorgeosity of so many railway buildings. This morning's delight is the magnificent mid-C19th waiting rooms at Worcester Shrub Hill.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Our friends at Oxford Preservation Trust are organising a drop-in event & guided walks on Wed 20 May to celebrate the 175th anniversary of one of Oxford's most remarkable pieces of Victorian engineering which we are proud to have supported in its restoration over a number of years.

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Sussex Apiarist @karswelliangary.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Next time I'm in the area I shall pay a visit to Norwood Junction just to see this. It's a wonderful tribute to Holmes and Conan Doyle.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The game is afoot, Watson! It’s the Case of the Norwood Builder, where Arriva Rail London and TFL have reinstated a facade similar to the historic original, but in GRP, at Norwood Junction. We gave a grant and we were pleased to visit today & see it finished. Moriarty was nowhere to be seen.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Pleased to attend the celebration of the completion of work at Beeston nr Nottingham with EMR MD Will Rogers, Network Rail EM Route Director Mark Budden & local MP Juliet Campbell plus the brilliant Friends of the Station. We gave 2 grants to support the recent work.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Always a pleasure to visit Edge Hill cutting with @lmrailway.bsky.social, Liverpool City Council & @networkrail.bsky.social to discuss de-vegetation - I learn something new every time, & notice something different - today it was a date carving from 1846. A very special & surprisingly tranquil place.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The tide's turned at Heighington on the route of the former S&DR. The 1st visible restoration works by the Friends of the S&DR have started - stabilising & rebuilding 3 chimneys. One's completed, one still to do & one in progress. Got up close to see the work earlier today.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

At an NRHA winner’s plaque unveiling yesterday at the former Ebberston Station, N Yorks. Carol & Mark Benson have (re)created a period NER country station as a holiday let. They also have 3 MkII coaches where you can stay - attention to detail is impeccable.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A big thank you to Network Rail Eastern Region & Colt Construction for showing me the completed works to the clocktower at Scarborough this morning. Great to see the restored finial, clock faces, lighting & pigeon defences. A huge difference from when I first went up last October.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

A view that’s not been seen for 85 years - the facade of York Station’s Porte Cochere without its 1940s canopy removed - significant restoration work needed for which we will be looking to support @networkrail.bsky.social Eastern Region and @cityofyorkcouncil.bsky.social

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We are saddened to see that a fire has severely affected buildings on Union St in Glasgow and Glasgow Central Station itself. Our thoughts are with those fighting the fire and making the area safe.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Great to visit Grade II Listed Wareham Station in Dorset with SWR last week with a view to help restore original Victorian features for a new retail opportunity. It’s a beautiful building, but needs a new tenant, so interested parties should contact Amey, who manage SWR’s commercial retail estate.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Great to see the scaffold deck removed from the Grade 1 listed Bristol Temple Meads this morning - I’m pleased this project is going to be entered in the National Railway Heritage Awards by Network Rail’s Western Route.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Attended the opening of The Scott and Brassey, Lancaster Brewery’s new bar at Avanti West Coast’s Carlisle Station on Wednesday. We supported Network Rail NW&C Region & the Brewerywith grants. Great addition to the station’s offer. Hope it is entered in this year’s National Railway Heritage Awards.

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The Beauty of Transport @thebeautyoftransport.com · 13/02/2026

2/2 - Lots of fun stuff in the latest batch including Norbiton's unique(?) Stagecoach SWT panels in the subway, a rare "Speak Here" grille at Marston Green (© Hazel Nicholson), the adjustable loading gauge at Thetford (© @railwayheritage.bsky.social) and a train at Temple Meads (© Paul Webster)

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Passing through Manchester Victoria this morning & very pleased to see contractors on site at Platform 3 to install the heritage style railings for which we awarded a grant in July 2020! It’s our oldest project still not completed but our friends at Northern are on the case!

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Thank you to Network Rail Anglia Route for facilitating access to Grade II listed Thetford Signal Box for us and local stakeholders. We’d all like to see it restored but it does need a new use. Quirky relics of its past remain!

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Thanks to the Settle & Carlisle Partnership for inviting us to join them at the launch of their 150th anniversary celebrations in Settle. We’ve supported them with many grants and have just approved a new grant to assist their planned work at Ribblehead Station.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Very fortunate to take a look from above into the extremely derelict Grade II Listed #NorwichTrowseStation. With thanks to @networkrail for allowing us on site and explaining the emergency works they are doing.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A huge thank you to the Port of Dover for showing Tim and Anna around the imposing Dover Marine Station - built in a beaux arts style at the start of the 20th century, it’s an imposing structure now used as part of the cruise terminal.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Visited Tynemouth Station on Saturday to see how well the market uses the old canopies of the station to make a thriving collection of stalls. Part of the Nexus network, 2 of the platforms are still in use. There are many other stations where this business model could be replicated.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Celebrating the completion of forecourt works at Grade II listed Beeston Station, Notts with @EastMidRailway. We supported their investment with a £20k grant . Good to meet so many of the station friends and adopters who help with planting & generally making it a special place.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

On my way to Beeston today via Newark Castle - it’s going to be a day of Midland Railway architecture. The station (1846) and Station Master’s House (1860) are both listed. The station, one of the earliest the MR built, is in an Italianate style.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Congratulations to the Rhondda Tunnel Society for obtaining planning permission to excavate the Blaencwm Portal of the Tunnel (shown below - it’s a field). We have awarded a £100k grant to support this work. The current method of accessing the tunnel is not easy as I found out in 2023.

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The Railway Heritage Trust @railwayheritage.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Many years ago we gave a grant to restore the last remaining part of the station building at Sowerby Bridge. It’s run as the Jubilee Refreshment Rooms. There is old signage and old photos. Along with the work of the Station Friends Group, it helps make a charmimg station.

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