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    More big Lottery emergency grants for heritage railways, but…

    Oct 02, 2020 4 minutes
    By Robin Jones

    THE National Lottery Heritage Fund has made further substantial emergency grants to heritage railways so that they stay afloat following the pandemic lockdown.

    Following the maximum £250,000 grants made to Severn Valley Railway and the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways (Ff&WHR), the Lottery’s heritage emergency fund has made similar awards to the Mid-Hants Railway and the Bluebell Railway (see separate story).

    It has also given the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) £194,300.

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    The Watercress Line restarted services on July 11, with less capacity for visitors due to social distancing measures, which has also added extra costs. The

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