We guess you are wondering what we have been doing over the past few months. Well the good news is that whilst we haven’t been in a position to reopen to the public, we have been able to continue to work at the site; and even in this latest lockdown the rules permit us to continue volunteering and getting the railway ready to reopen in 2021. One great thing that happened recently was the awarding of a grant of £76,100 from…
It is with great regret that we have decided not to open to the public for the remainder of this year. It is a decision that we have taken with heavy hearts. In reality as we are a volunteer railway with no paid staff, and most of our customer facing volunteers are of mature years we do not want to put them at any additional risk, nor do we feel we can provide the quality experience our customers expect. So,…
We have reluctantly decided that we will not be able to open for the remainder of this summer; and will definitely be closed to the public until the end of September. The main reason for this is the safety of our volunteers who work in our customer facing roles. They are mostly in the vulnerable age group. We will keep you informed on our website and facebook pages of any developments. In the meantime our volunteers have begun to return…
Sorry – we aren’t open yet Thank you for all your enquiries and kind words – we appreciate your support, as always, and look forward to seeing you all again. However for the moment, along with many other heritage lines, we unfortunately and reluctantly have to remain closed to the public. We will be reviewing this regularly so please keep looking at our website and facebook pages for up to date details. As soon as we have any more news…
On Tuesday evening 5th May, the board formally appointed me as General Manager and I am delighted to say what a privilege it is to hold such a vital position at the Helston Railway. I look forward to working with you all in our quest to reopen the line to Helston. Most importantly I hope I find you well and in good spirits. Much has happened over the last 8 weeks or so since lockdown and your board has been…
HELSTON RAILWAY PRESERVATION COMPANY LTD. (5711815) Dear Reader, Whether you are a Volunteer, Member, Friend or someone with an interest in preserving Cornwall’s Heritage, we find ourselves together in an unprecedented situation brought about by the Coronavirus Pandemic and it is affecting every aspect of our daily lives. I hope that you are well and managing to cope with the changes we are all having to make. At the very moment when we were looking to reopen with a renewed…
Helston Railway have reluctantly decided that due to the current Government advice on Covid-19, and our responsibilities to our visitors and especially our volunteers, we will not be able to open on the 26th March as planned. As we are sure our supporters will know, we have a duty of care to our volunteers many of whom are past retirement age, and also to our customers who come to visit us. If we are not able to provide them with…
And thanks to all of you who have been to visit us this year, which culminated in our last outing for Kilmersdon on the 4th January. She will be returning to Somerset and Dorset Trust later this month and will then undergo her 10 year examination and strip down. We have been very privileged to have her on loan for the last two years and will be sad to see her leave. We do have plans to replace her with…
Christmas is nigh and we are now closed until the 4th January when we open again for our winter steam and kids for a quid day. So if you feel you need to get out of the house come and see us for our steam loco Kilmersdon’s last operational day with us before she leaves us. If you have been to see us this year, and over our Christmas opening, thank you for coming to visit us – we have…
Where has the time gone? It’s December and we are already well into our Santa Specials run with two successful days behind us. Why do we do this? Well we love sharing our railway with our visitors and we love dressing up! We love having our Santa grotto on the platform at Prospidnick with his attendant elves. Kilmersdon our plucky little steam engine is working her socks off pulling our coach to and from our award-winning Halt at Truthall. Our…