Yearly Archives: 2023

Many Many Thanks to those who have already supported our Appeal to complete No. 4 Shed. We have now raised £4000 and mostly Gift Aided to bring the current donations to approximately £4,500. The contract team are now on site and working on the completion of the main buliding. Whilst we are making super progress…

The Trust is pleased to announce that £1,100 has been donated towards machine hire and building materials for the completion of platform 2. The bricklaying is now complete. More work remains required but it is our intention that this project is finally completed this year If you would like to support our work on this…

The Trust is delighted to announce that the Station Team at Rushcliffe Halt have been successful in their grant application for the creation of a viewing platform using the old station building base. This will provide visitors with an additional area of the station to use and explore.The sympathetic design, overlloking the station, recreates the…

Thanks to Chris Stone and the Hotchley Hill volunteers, the new Relay Room door has been fitted. The door was purchased by the Trust from Hotchely Hill specific donations. If you would like to support our work on this historic box please donate via our Hotchley Hill Appeal.  

Many Many Thanks to those who have already supported our Appeal to complete No. 4 Shed. We have now raised £2000 and mostly Gift Aided bring the current donations to £2,500. Whilst we are 20% of the way there we still need £12,500 to complete the job so if you haven’t donated already please do…

The Trust is pleased to announce that a grant has been approved to provide security doors for the Hotchley Hill Signal Box. Installation will commence shortly. To Support the work on Hotchley Hill please go to our Hotchley Hill donations page.    

To ensure the future preservation of the the vintage bus fleet previously owned by GCRN, the trust has is now the adopted owner of the following vehicles. Leyland AN68 (1976) Open topped bus registration ORC545P ex Trent buses Leyland AN68  (1978)  ‘Andrew Pickering’ registration ARC 666T ex Nottingham City Transport Volvo Citybus (1989) registration F609GVO…

Welcome to our new website which we hope to use to keep everyone up-to-date with our various appeals, projects and more general news. Firstly, we’d like to thank our current membership for staying with us during the last few turbulent years; with particular thanks to those who contributed additional donations. However, we remain concerned about…