Chasewater Railway Latest News

Easter Raffle Draw

The winner of the raffle held over the Easter weekend was Mr Watkins from Tamworth, ticket number 196.

All proceeds will be used for the model railway. Many thanks to all those who took part

Easter at Chasewater

Chasewater Railway will be running extra days this Easter, starting on Good Friday and running through to Bank Holiday Monday. The first trains leave Brownhills West Station at 10.30 each day with the last departure at 3.30pm.

Also, on the Wednesday of holiday week, our customary Holiday specials will run on an hourly service from 10.30 until 2.30pm.

Oh, and every child will receive a small Easter egg over the holiday weekend!

Steam Gala Raffle Winner

The winner of the raffle held at the Steam Gala was yellow ticket no 896. The winner lives in Brownhills.

Congratulations to him (and excited son) and many thanks to all those who took part. All proceeds have gone to developing the model railway.

Steam Gala - 23rd and 24th of February!

The Chasewater Railway Steam Gala will be taking place over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of February featuring a host of steam locos and things to see and do for the whole family. In steam will be:

• Andrew Barclay 0-4-0st 'GWR' 701
• Andrew Barclay 0-6-0st austerity No.2183 'Wemyss No. 15'
• Bagnall 0-4-0st No. 2648 'Linda'
• Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0st No.2780 'Asbestos'

Trains will start from 10.00am on both days and will feature Freight, Coal and passenger trains with loco's changing at Church Street Station and Brownhills West throughout the day.

In addition, the Heritage Centre and Museum will be open on both days.

Half-Term Specials!

Chasewater Railway will be running it's popular half-term specials on Wednesday 13th February.

The first train will leave Brownhills West Station at 10.30 and then hourly until 2.30pm.

Trains will leave Chasewater Heaths 10 minutes later.

Priced at £2.95 per adult, £1.95 per child or £7.45 for a family, tickets will be valid for as many train rides on the day as you want with each child given a small chocolate bar and the railway's buffet and gift shops will be open.

Hademore Signal Box and track renewals

The arrival of Hademore Crossing Signal Box to the Chasewater Railway marks an important step toward implementing a fully working signalling system at the Railway. You can read the press release and view the gallery of the "topping out" of the signal box.

During the course of summer 2007, the PWay staff will be reinstating sidings and the bay platform of Chasewater Heaths, along with track renewals along the Causeway.
Train services will not be affected by these works.

Education Programme Launch

Solicitor General Harriet Harman QC MP found time in her busy schedule to visit the Chasewater Railway on 23rd March.
Ms Harman travelled from Chasewater Heaths to Brownhills West on Asbestos to officially launch the new Education Programme.

The Education Programme has been developed in conjunction with Jerome Primary Scool in Norton Canes and the Staffordshire Directorate for Children and Lifelong Learning. Incorporating all aspects of the new DfES initiative encouraging the use of an integrated curriculum, the Railways's programme is one of the first of it's kind, hence the Ministerial interest.

At Brownhills West, Ms Harman presented a bound copy of the Education Programme to Chasewater Railway's Education Officer, John Tisdale and at the same time met the children from Jerome School.

Ms Harman made a brief speech emphasising the importance of such programmes and praising all parties concerned for the hard work which had been put into developing such a great chance for children to learn in the environment of the Chasewater Railway.

Upon which, Ms Harman disappeared onto the footplate of Asbestos before leaving (very late) for her next appointment.
Photographs of Ms Harman's visit

2007 Operational Dates and new timetable

The operational dates for 2007 have been published, which can be accessed HERE.
The timetable advertised in our 2006/2007 leaflets will be replaced with the new timetable from the 7th January 2007.