Trackbed lease boost as railway revival takes major step forward
Nov 12, 2018
2 minutes
By Geoff Courtney
REVIVALISTS who are planning to restore part of a west London steam railway that closed more than seven decades ago are on the cusp of agreeing a lease with the trackbed’s owner.
The 3½ mile 2ft gauge line was opened by the Metropolitan Water Board in 1916 and ran from a wharf on the Thames at Hampton to Kempton Park, transporting 760 tons of coal a
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