Date: 17/05/2017

An appeal to raise £1.25m to complete the 'last mile' of a heritage railway line has exceeded its target. It means the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR), currently running between Cheltenham and Laverton, can extend to Broadway. A public share scheme raised £1.33m, which means repairs to an embankment costing more than originally expected can also take place, a spokesman said. The extension is due to reopen next March, almost 60 years after it closed. Chris Bristow, from GWSR, said he was 'humbled by the generosity of so many people'.

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Heritage railway appeal tops £1.3m

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Fundraisers get £80,000 more than expected to enable a line extension to Broadway to be built.

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Company: Cheltenham and Honeybourne Line (Great Western Railway)
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Company: Cheltenham and Honeybourne Line (Great Western Railway)
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