Steam Railway (UK)

Great Central revokes lineside photo-passes

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The Great Central Railway has become the latest preserved railway to ban lineside access to photograph­ers.

In a letter circulated to members in late November, the GCR said: “In an effort to minimise risk, and because of increasing pressure from various bodies, including our insurers, we have reviewed our policy for allowing lineside access for photograph­ers. Our board and management team have decided to rescind this policy, and as a result we will be cancelling all previously issued lineside permits with effect from January 1 2019.”

Those with permits which are valid beyond that date can either receive a refund for the outstandin­g amount, or donate it to the railway’s supporting charity, the David Clarke Railway Trust.

Other lines which have banned lineside passes in recent years include the Gloucester­shire Warwickshi­re and West Somerset railways.

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