The Ironbridge Railway Trust

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The Ironbridge Railway Trust is an unincorporated body, registered as charity no. 1129939 on 2 June 2009. It is governed by a small number of trustees. Its income and expenditure are small, with a maximum raised of £2,151 in the years from May 2013-18.

Charitable objectives

Its objectives include to develop, construct, preserve, operate the railway between Buildwas and Bridgnorth via Ironbridge, connecting to the existing Severn Valley Railway.[1]

Activities

The trust undertook three principal activities in support of its objectives during 2009/10. These being:

  • completion of four technical studies in respect of the feasibility of the prospective Ironbridge railway;
  • presentation of the case for and feasibility of the Ironbridge railway;
  • liaison with the national railway industry.

Relationship with the SVRSevern Valley Railway

The Trust is independent from the SVRSevern Valley Railway.

The SVRSevern Valley Railway's stance on reopening this section is not straightforward. Its website states: "the railway land north of Bridgnorth has been long since sold, and there is now no possibility of Severn Valley trains reaching Ironbridge and Shrewsbury ever again."[2] However its official Souvenir Guide, after listing some of the obstacles needing to be addressed, ends "So, never say never...".[3] In 2002 SVRSevern Valley Railway News reported that at a recent SVR(H) Board meeting Paul Fathers had agreed to monitor developments in the north and keep the Board informed.[4] The railway has at other occasions given its position as a 'watching brief', it will not on its own to seek to reopen the line, but possibly is open to providing technical support to any plans to reopen.

See also

Charities associated with the SVR

References

  1. Charity Commission (retrieved 4 January 2017)
  2. SVR Website (retrieved 5 April 2018)
  3. Souvenir Guide Ninth Edition, 2012, p. 30.
  4. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 142 p. 67.

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