Cheltenham – Ashchurch to Malvern
Local railway historian Ian Boskett gets our 2026/27 season off to a flying start with a presentation on the long lost Ashchurch to Malvern line. There are a few places where evidence of the line still exists.
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CHM Cheltenham Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Surrey Branch – Great Victorian Engineers – Isambard Kingdom Brunel
SRY Woking Woking United Reform Church, White Rose Lane, Woking, United KingdomGreat Victorian Engineers - Isambard Kingdom Brunel By Chris Green
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HS2 Construction – From the Air
Cheylesmore Community Centre, Poitiers Road, Coventry 5JX Poitiers Road, Cheylesmore,, CoventryOur speaker, Richard Clifford, interested observer of HS2 (who owns a drone !) will give us a detailed presentation of this ongoing project.
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All Things Freight
ESX Shenfield Shenfield Parish Hall, 60 Hutton Road, Shenfield, United KingdomMaggie Simpson from the Rail Freight Group will be giving us an insight into the current issues facing the rail freight sector. Physical meeting at Shenfield Parish Hall. This talk will also be available on Zoom as a Hybrid
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Northamptonshire Ironstone Railways 1850 to 1980 (joint meeting of the Northampton and Milton Keynes branches)
NHN Roade Roade Village Hall, Bailey Brooks Lane, Roade, Northampton, United KingdomA presentation by John Douglas covering the rise, peak, and eventual decline of the vast network of industrial, standard-gauge, and narrow-gauge railways that served the ironstone quarries and blast furnaces of Northamptonshire. Please note change from previously advertised talk. This is a joint meeting with the Milton Keynes branch; the venue is Roade Village Hall.
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East Midlands Railways 1970-2000
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomBrian Sharpe will talk to us about the railways of the East Midlands
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Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
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Chichester Branch – Southampton’s Railway History
CHR Bassil Shippam Centre Tozer Way, St Pancras, Chichester, West Sussex, United KingdomThe presentation covers the History of Railways in Southampton from the original three railway companies up to the early 1970's. Also associated with this is the growth and development of the Docks following the purchase of the docks by the LSWR and expansion under the ownership of the Southern Railway.
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My railway journeys in 2025
MHD Cox Green Cox Green Community Centre, Highfield Lane, Cox Green, Maidenhead, United KingdomHybrid EventJoin Harry Nethercoat from our Watford branch as he looks back on his journeys in 2025, stretching from Cornwall, up to Scotland - with stops in-between including; London, Cardiff, and closer to home. Expect all traction types on the mainline and in preservation
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Archive And Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive And Library Open Day
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My Railway Meanderings
HTC Welwyn Digswell Village Church Hall, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Stephen Gay. Details to follow. Doors open 13:30 for 14:00 start.
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‘Six Months at Stratford – Recollections from 1988’
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomHugh Driscoll recounts his time at Stratford Depot, also covering the origins and development of the depot and its subsequent decline and closure.