A Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity Project
61306 Mayflower Visit Wednesday 26th April 2023
The Marston Vale Line is set to welcome a special guest on Wednesday 26th April 2023 when 61306 Mayflower will be travelling through en route from London Victoria to Chesterfield for Chatsworth House and Barrow Hill Roundhouse. Mayflower is one of two surviving B1 Class locomotives. The B1s worked across most of the UK rail…
Ongoing Suspension of Marston Vale Line Service
Marston Vale Line services were temporarily suspended on 1st December 2022 following confirmation that Vivarail (the company which maintains the Class 230 trains) had entered administration. As Vivarail directly employed the maintenance staff who fuel, examine, service, repair and respond to any in-service faults, it was no longer safe to operate the Class 230s from…