Date: 13/06/2014

VOLUNTEERS frustrated after their beloved heritage railway run was axed have launched a new service to replace it. Members of the newly formed Weardale Railway Heritage Service (WRHS) said they will take baby steps towards improving the new service, due to start on Saturday (June 14). The railway’s owners axed the heritage runs between Wolsingham and Stanhope station around 18 months ago as the service was not deemed financially viable. But that decision has always rankled with the volunteers whose passion is to see the historic line being used to transport passengers through the County Durham countryside.

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Volunteers relaunch Weardale Railway's heritage line

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VOLUNTEERS frustrated after their beloved heritage railway run was axed have launched a new service to replace it.

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A Sunday excursion special heads southeast through Stanhope on the former Wearhead branch in August 1988 on its way back to Saltburn.
Location: Stanhope
Company: Wearhead Extension (North Eastern Railway)
/08/1988 Ian Dinmore

The 12.35 Weardale Railway DMU from Stanhope approaches its destination at Bishop Auckland West on 30 September 2010. [See image 30987]
Location: Bishop Auckland West
Company: Bishop Auckland and Weardale Railway
30/09/2010 John Furnevel

Hard by Wolsingham Steelworks is the Wolsingham Railway Centre, base of operations for the re-opening of the Weardale Railway, seen here in September 2006.
Location: Wolsingham Steelworks
Company: Wear Valley Railway
26/09/2006 Ewan Crawford