The station project has been a little quiet since the completion of our new platform, whilst drawings and contracts for the next stage of the project have been getting agreed.  One job that has been completing is the rebuilding of the boundary wall and fence, a...

Archive Conservator Jeff Cargill Honoured by All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and HistoryAn Outstanding Career in ConservationNominated by his peers in the conservation community and the ARA Board, Jeff Cargill (photo below, right) is the first...

It is with great sadness the Vale of Rheidol Railway announces the death of the company’s founder and Chairman Mr Peter Rampton. The railway would like to pass on its condolences to Peter's Family at this difficult time. "Peter was the driving force behind...

A contract has been awarded to local company Tregaron Trading Services (TTS) to carry out the construction of a new car park for the Vale of Rheidol Railway at Devil’s Bridge which will commence in July. The new car park will allow the existing car park area to be...

A special event was held on Thursday, 6th June to officially open the new Edwardian style Great Western heritage Station at the Vale of Rheidol Railway which is Phase 1 of the £2.2 million project named ‘Wales to the World’. Special guests and businesses involved in...

The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway is to send one of its two original locomotives, 0-6-0T No. 822 ‘The Earl’ for a major overhaul at the Vale of Rheidol Railway’s Aberystwyth workshops, taking the engine out of a long queue for work at its home line. Built by...