railfan99
Established Member
With only six staff according to its latest accounts filed with Companies House, the above preserved railway must rely largely on volunteers (it's not alone in that).
It can be difficult to keep website/Facebook/Instagram and other social media up to date.
It's another heritage railway on the list, and looks quite attractive. In October 2023 it was easy to use buses from Stoke-on-Trent to have a most enjoyable day at the Churnet Valley Railway, and similarly I used a bus for a short distance to travel between Skipton railway station and the terminus of the Embsay and Bolton Railway, the latter on quite a wet day.
Its website information on how to access by public transport is partially incorrect if my research is correct, as one of your County Councils said it no longer had the funding available to subsidise route 7.
It says, among others:
www.battlefieldline.co.uk
Bus Routes-
There are several bus routes to the railway. They usually only operate weekdays and Saturdays.
Shackerstone Station
Measham to Fenny Drayton (via Atherstone Railway Station)
Operated by Roberts Travel Group, Service Number 7
Market Bosworth Station
Hinckley to Market Bosworth
Operated by Roberts Travel Group. Service Number 159
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Route 159 has ceased:
coalville.nub.news
while route 7 is now operated by Stagecoach Midlands:
https://bustimes.org/services/7-fenny-drayton-measham
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Eventually I may send the Shackerstone Railway people an email but if anyone is a volunteer or otherwise involved with The Battlefield Railway, contacting the correct individual and asking he or she to change the information when they have time would be appreciated.
It can be difficult to keep website/Facebook/Instagram and other social media up to date.
It's another heritage railway on the list, and looks quite attractive. In October 2023 it was easy to use buses from Stoke-on-Trent to have a most enjoyable day at the Churnet Valley Railway, and similarly I used a bus for a short distance to travel between Skipton railway station and the terminus of the Embsay and Bolton Railway, the latter on quite a wet day.
Its website information on how to access by public transport is partially incorrect if my research is correct, as one of your County Councils said it no longer had the funding available to subsidise route 7.
It says, among others:
Travel | The Battlefield Line
Public Transport . .
Bus Routes-
There are several bus routes to the railway. They usually only operate weekdays and Saturdays.
Shackerstone Station
Measham to Fenny Drayton (via Atherstone Railway Station)
Operated by Roberts Travel Group, Service Number 7
Market Bosworth Station
Hinckley to Market Bosworth
Operated by Roberts Travel Group. Service Number 159
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Route 159 has ceased:
Bus service 159 between Coalville and Hinckley finally gets the chop - despite protests at County Hall
More than 2,000 residents signed a petition which was delivered to the council in a bid to save the route
while route 7 is now operated by Stagecoach Midlands:
https://bustimes.org/services/7-fenny-drayton-measham
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Eventually I may send the Shackerstone Railway people an email but if anyone is a volunteer or otherwise involved with The Battlefield Railway, contacting the correct individual and asking he or she to change the information when they have time would be appreciated.
