Date: 19/01/2011

A study into the feasibility of running commuter trains on a heritage steam railway has been published. If adopted, the plan could see four services running morning and evening along the five-mile Keighley and Worth Valley line.

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Commuter trains plan for Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

A study into the feasibility of running commuter trains on a heritage steam railway has been published.

Related images

Ex-GCR class 8K (LNER Class O4) 2-8-0 no 63601 leaves Keighley with the 1100 departure for Oxenhope during the KWVR Summer Steam Gala on June 26 2009.
Location: Keighley
Company: Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
26/06/2009 Andy Carr

Ivatt Ex-LMS Class 2 2-6-2T 41241 takes a train across Mytholmes viaduct, spanning the River Worth on the KWVR in the 1960s. The train is just about to enter the short tunnel on the climb towards Haworth.
Location: Mytholmes Viaduct
Company: Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
// Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

41241+30072 leaving Keighley station with the inaugural Keighley & Worth Valley working following the reopening ceremony on 29 June 1968.
Location: Keighley
Company: Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
29/06/1968 David Pesterfield