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National pass idea could boost revenues for the heritage railway industry
JIM Parley came up with a great idea in issue 263. His suggestion of a‘heritage railway membership’in a similar fashion to National Trust (NT) membership is well worth considering.
The NT handbook contains details of more than 500 properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Around half of these are areas of land that do not require any membership to visit and include moorlands, coastal areas and places like Cheddar Gorge. At least another 100 are houses that are lived in and only opened to visitors on special days. Even some of the largest and most famous, like Clivedon (of Profumo fame) are only available on a few days of the year to a very limited number of visitors. Therefore, the number of NT properties that one could spend
