Steam & Heritage
THE Severn Valley Railway (SVR) is to reintroduce overnight services at its September 14-17 Autumn Steam Gala – and the event is to be held over four rather than the three days originally planned. One train will operate multiple return trips along the full-length of the line on the Friday and Saturday nights of the event.
The SVR is the only heritage railway in the UK which operates 24-hour running and it’s confident there will be an enthusiastic take-up of the offer.
“Overnight running at steam galas has long been something the SVR is renowned for,” explained the line’s managing director Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster. “We paused it for a few years because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but now the time is right to bring it back.
“We have already had two extremely successful enthusiast events this year and it is clear that this sector of the market is buoyant. This gives us the confidence to reintroduce overnight
