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Don Valley Railway’s Electrifying Ale marks the 60th anniversary of the opening of the new Woodhead Tunnel

Electrifying ale 14 Sept 2014

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Stocksbridge Solar Futures Exhibition

Stocksbridge Solar Futures Exhibition and Event in The Hub

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Don Valley Railway responds to Northern Rail Franchise Consultation 17 July 2014

Northern Rail Consultation response 17 July 2014 View the Don Valley Railway response to the Northern Rail franchise consultation. The consultation runs until 18 August 2014 and is an opportunity  to have your say and GET Northern Trains run the … Continue reading

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Northern Rail Franchise Consultation Press Release 14 July 2014

DON VALLEY RAILWAY PRESS RELEASE 14th July 2014 NOW IS THE TIME TO LET GOVERNMENT KNOW WE WANT THE DON VALLEY RAILWAY OPENED Do you live in or near Oughtibridge, Deepcar, Stocksbridge or anywhere in the Upper Don Valley? Do … Continue reading

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Press Release 28th December 2012

A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION THAT’S EASY TO KEEP: SIGN THE DON VALLEY RAILWAY PETITION ON-LINE – Whether or not its giving up smoking, doing more exercise, looking for a new job, sticking to your new year resolutions can be pretty … Continue reading

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Pressure mounts for more tram-trains across city

By Peter Kay – Published in The Sheffield Telegraph, 25 October 2012. THE Government is being urged to con­sider granting permission for wider use of tram-trains in Sheffield. Already it has approved an experiment for the vehicles, which run on … Continue reading

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Press Release 19th September 2012

DON VALLEY RAILWAY TO LAUNCH PETITION AT STOCKSBRIDGE MEETING AS TRANSPORT EXPERTS OFFER FREE SUPPORT. Don Valley Railway are to launch a petition calling for passenger rail services to be re-introduced on  the Don Valley Line between Stocksbridge and Sheffield … Continue reading

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Press Release 12th August 2012

Stocksbridge to Sheffield City Centre in eleven minutes – can you help? A GROUP of local volunteers is looking for South Yorkshire residents to join its campaign to have rail services restored once more along the Sheffield to Stocksbridge railway … Continue reading

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STOCKSBRIDGE TOWN COUNCIL THROW WEIGHT BEHIND RAIL RE-OPENING PLAN

Published in The Star, 26 July 2012 STOCKSBRIDGE Town Council is to revive the possibility of extending Supertram as a tram train along an existing railway track to Stocksbridge. The council has considered the idea previously but now the go-ahead … Continue reading

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January 2012 Newsletter

After opening this item by clicking the heading, please click the ‘Download’ link to view this issue of the Don Valley Railway Newsletter. Download

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