The Epping Ongar Railway is pleased to welcome an additional carriage to enhance its coaching stock fleet. British Railways Mark 1 open coach, 4947 was built in 1961 at Wolverton works and currently wears the attractive "carmine and cream" livery. The vehicle was previously based ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway is delighted to announce that steam hauled services will return earlier than originally planned. Services between Ongar and North Weald stations will be operated by a steam locomotive over the late May Bank Holiday weekend, 29, 30 and 31 May. This ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway has received a grant of £62,000 from the from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. Nearly £400 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway is delighted to announce that its heritage services will re-commence on 22 May, subject to the Government's road map remaining unchanged. Due to continuing essential engineering work our initial service will be formed of a heritage diesel multiple unit operating between ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway has welcomed two new members to the steam locomotive fleet. Numbers 56 and 63 are Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn saddle tank locomotives which worked at the Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Ltd quarry at Harringworth, near Corby. A total of nine saddle tank ...
Read MoreAll Epping Ongar Railway services are currently suspended. The current Coronoavirus pandemic means we will be unable to operate our usual February half term services. The staff and volunteers in the Management team are keeping an eye on developements with a view to assessing what form of ...
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