Weardale Railway saved by sale to charity
Apr 07, 2020
3 minutes
By Robin Jones
JOHN ASKWITH/WEARDALE
RAILWAY TRUST
PAUL WILSON
THE controlling interest in County Durham’s Weardale Railway has been bought out of administration by a regeneration charity which aims to turn Bishop Auckland into a major tourist attraction.
As reported in issue 263, the 18-mile railway, one of Britain’s longest heritage lines, was one of two offered for sale in January by British American Railway Services (BARS) – the other being the Dartmoor Railway in South Devon.
BARS was a subsidiary of Chicago-based Iowa Pacific Holdings, which went into receivership last year, a
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