Cambrian Heritage Railways Ltd
Contact Details
Station Building
Oswald Road
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 2BA
Tel: 01691 728131 Website: www.cambrianrailways.com/
“Securing the restoration of the Cambrian Railways in order to preserve the unique Railway Heritage of Oswestry and to provide a visitor attraction of national significance.”
We run two separated railways. One at Llynclys and the other at Oswestry.
The railway is funded by its membership, by income from operating train rides, Drive a Train Experiences (DATEX), an annual raffle, public donations and legacies. The organisation has obtained additional grant funding from many sources including the European Rural Development Fund, Oswestry Town Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Shropshire Council assist our railway with infrastructure projects such as pathways and bridge restoration that maintain our ability to keep extending our operations.
We are also supported by Network Rail and Porterbrook Leasing with equipment and materials vital to our work.
Our business plan is based on ‘funding first’. If a source of funding becomes available to take our mission forward, then we adapt our plans to suit. Although the organisation has a Transport Works Act Order permitting trains to run from Gobowen to Blodwell, a total of eight miles, two main roads cross the tracks on the level and there is currently no permission to traverse these crossings.
There are two separate operations. One is based at the Station Building and former Goods Yard in Oswestry. The other is at Llynclys, four miles to the south where the railways’ Carriage & Wagon Restoration Department is based and the home of our ‘Drive a Train Experience’. Passenger services run out of Oswestry Station to Weston Wharf, a total of 1½ miles.
Other parts of the railways include the Cambrian Railways Museum, The Cambrian Railways Orchard Project (CROP), and an extensive reference library hosted by the local public library.
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