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Charity Railtours - The future
Unfortunately, I am going to mothball Charity Railtours for the immediate future.​
I don't feel I have the time currently to devote to the organising of railtours. It is possible moving forward that friends may take over the operation, but for now, I shall concentrate on tidying things up. This will entail making the long promised donation to Cruse Bereavement Care - the planned beneficiary for our cancelled railtour - The Magnificent Severn.
I have spent years attempting to contact passengers who had purchased tickets for this tour, via email, letter and telephone. Refunds have gone out to all bar a handful who I have been unable to reach. Some passengers have very kindly instructed me to hold their ticket money and donate to Cruse.
I shall be doing this over the coming days and will update this page once this has been done. I'm sorry this has taken so long to accomplish, but we are almost there.
Thank you all for your trust and patience.
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Dennis Barnes - Founder, Charity Railtours
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We like to take trains to interesting parts of the rail network
To date, our railtours have visited docks, warehouses and heritage lines. It's been a real slog and we are still learning, but with a great deal of help from our volunteers and the tremendous support of train companies, port owners and logistics companies, here is what we have done so far.
The Mayflower
April 15th 2018
In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
Our train visited the seldom-used Sizewell branch, Ipswich Griffin Wharf and Harwich Town.
Sum raised: £8850
The Four Triangles
May 9th 2015
In aid of ADRA
A 0400 start from Crewe meant a mammoth day for the volunteers on the day, but months before we were clearing vegetation away from the privately owned track at Eccles Road and arranging for inspections and maintenance to take place.
Sum raised: £5967.30
The Great Eastern Freighter
August 10th 2013
In aid of Alzheimers Society
This was the first passenger train to traverse the privately owned "cross-docks" line at Felixstowe and the first ever passenger train to visit Ipswich Griffin Wharf - and that required a LOT of shunting!
Sum raised: £7965
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Charity Railtours
1 Hunter Road
Ipswich
IP3 9TN
07518045077
