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Tue, Nov 29th, 2011

Red Tape Threatens 'Thomas' Rail Coach

Saturday’s Western Mail and sister paper Wales on Sunday ran a full page story on the threat to heritage railways of removing exemptions from disabled access regulations. The regulations, introduced in 1999, require all carriages to be fitted with disabled toilets...

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Tue, Nov 22nd, 2011

Cashless Scrap Metal Trade

An e-petition has been set up on the government's e-petition website to try and garner enough signatures to trigger discussion in the House of Commons to stop the "cash in hand" trade of scrap metal.

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Thu, Oct 20th, 2011

Minister of State praises railway heritage sector at Westminster reception

Over 30 parliamentarians and representatives of more than 100 heritage railways from all over Great Britain attended a packed reception at the House of Commons sponsored by the HRA. Guest of honour Theresa Villiers MP, the Minister of State for Railways, was generous in her praise for the work of the heritage railway industry.

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Wed, Sep 21st, 2011

The Government takes railway heritage on board.

Despite the recent loss of the Railway Heritage Committee, lobbying by the Heritage Railway Association has led to a new parliamentary group being set up to fight our corner writes Heritage Railway Association chairman David Morgan.

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