The Valley Railway Adventure (Formerly the Evesham Vale Light Railway) is a

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railway that operates in Evesham Country Park in

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, England.

Route

The railway operates over a total distance of just over , from Twyford Station to Evesham Vale Station. Twyford Station is the only

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on the line, with Evesham Vale Station situated on a

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History

The railway was originally built and owned by Jim and Helen Shackell, with public services commencing on 1 August 2002. The railway passed into the ownership of Adrian & Sandra Corke in 2012, without interruption to services. In 2024, the railway was sold to David & Katherine Nelson-Brown who also own the

Perrygrove Railway Perrygrove Railway is a heritage railway of gauge. It is located at Perrygrove Farm in the Forest of Dean, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. Trains travel at frequent intervals on a round trip of between four stations. Passengers ca ...

. The railway was renamed to The Valley Railway Adventure. A small number of passenger coaches have been constructed for the line, but most of those in service are historic vehicles acquired from other lines, notably the

Fairbourne Railway The Fairbourne Railway (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Friog) is a gauge miniature railway running for from the village of Fairbourne on the Mid-Wales coast, alongside the beach to the end of a peninsula at Barmouth Ferry railway station, where there i ...

in Wales, and the short-lived in Brittany.

Locomotives

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valley Railway Adventure Miniature railways in the United Kingdom 15 in gauge railways in England