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Dean Forest Railway
Legend
KBFa
Parkend
eHST
Whitecroft (under construction)
CPICl CPICra
Norchard
ABZrg STRrf
Middle Forge Junction
BHF
Lydney Town
HST
St Mary's Halt (request stop)
INTe
Lydney Junction for Gloucester to Newport Line
Class 73, number E6001, restored at Lydney, 7th May 2007.
Class 73, number E6001, restored at Lydney, 7th May 2007. Parkend Station is the northern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway at present Whitecroft railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway. Norchard railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway serving the village of Norchard, near Lydney in Gloucestershire. Middle Forge Junction is an important junction on the Dean Forest Railway. Lydney Town railway station is a railway station on the Dean Forest Railway in Lydney in Gloucestershire. St Mary's Halt is a small railway station halt on the Dean Forest Railway, which takes its name from St Lydney Junction railway station is a Railway station near Lydney in Gloucestershire. Route The places served by the route are Gloucester Lydney Connection with Dean Forest Railway Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Class 03, number 03128 at Lydney, on the 7th May, 2007.
Class 03, number 03128 at Lydney, on the 7th May, 2007. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Preserved Class 25, D7633, on the Dean Forest Railway at St. Mary's Halt.
Preserved Class 25, D7633, on the Dean Forest Railway at St. Mary's Halt.

The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. 25 mile long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. A heritage railway ( United Kingdom) preserved railway ( United Kingdom) or tourist railroad ( United States and Canada) is a Lydney is a small Town and Civil parish in the English county of Gloucestershire. Parkend Station is the northern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway at present The Forest of Dean is a geographical historical and cultural region in the western part of the County of Gloucestershire, England History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century The route was part of the Severn and Wye Railway. The Severn and Wye Railway was built in west Gloucestershire to allow exploitation of the mineral resources of the Forest of Dean. The society that operates the line started steam locomotive operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1985. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. See also Rail transport in Great Britain, National Rail, Network Rail This article is about the defunct entity "British Railways" Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Services were extended from Norchard to Lydney Lakeside in 1991, Lydney Junction in 1995/96, Tufts Junction in 2001 and to Whitecroft in 2003. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Whitecroft is a Village in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. HM Railway Inspectorate approval for the section to Parkend was granted in December 2005. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units. A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a Multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board Diesel

The Dean Forest railway has recently been given the former GWR signal box that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. The Great Western Railway ( GWR) was a British railway company and a notable example of Civil engineering, linking London with the West Codsall railway station, situated on the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line, serves the village of Codsall in Staffordshire, England. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and will be placed at Whitecroft station.

Contents

Stations

Timetable 2008

Departures

Timetable B has extra trains running alongside Timetable A operated by the DMUs

Steam hauled trains running to Timetable A

Mainline Diesel hauled trains running to Timetable A

Timetable A operated by the 108 Class DMUs

Timetable B operated by Steam hauled trains and DMUs

Timetable B operated by 1450 with Autocoach 178 & the Hawksworth Saloon and DMUs

Special Events

Locomotives

Plus a number of locomotives being restored/overhauled for other railways

Coaches

Some are operational, others not. The British Rail Class 421 (or 4Cig) Electrical multiple units were built at BR York Works from 1964-1972 There are other coaches as well. Some are owned by the DFR, others have private owners.

Some are operational, others not. There are others as well.

Plus a number of other coaches including a few at Lydney Jcn, in the DFDA siding; Norchard -Coaches cafe, in the yard, in the shed and 9681 book shop.

Coach type codes

External links


The Composite Corridor (or CK is a railway coach with a number of compartments some of which are standard class (previously third class and some first class linked by a side corridor A Brake Standard Open (Micro-Buffet, often abbreviated to BSOT or BSO(T, is a type of Railway carriage used by British Rail. The Restaurant Miniature Buffet (or RMB is a British Railways Mark 1 coach Tourist Second Open or Tourist Standard Open, abbreviated to TSO, was a type of British Railways coach
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