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The Dean Forest Railway is a long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam locomotive operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1986. Reaching Both Lydney Junction and Parkend railway stations by 1995 and 2005 respectively. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units. The Dean Forest railway has been given the former GWR signal box that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and is expected to be placed at the newly restored Whitecroft railway station. CrossCountry are now providing a combined fare for travel to Lydney mainline station (on CrossCountry services only) and then onto the Dean Forest Railway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/promotions/praaf0bedf1843398453105e58511b0a/details.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/Special_offers/Treats_and_discounts/ )〕 The Dean Forest Railway plans to extend its heritage services a further through/into the middle of the Royal Forest at Speech House Road (close to the nearby Beechenhurst Visitor Attraction), bringing the line to a total of about in length. == Stations and Junctions of the DFR == *Lydney Junction (Terminus) *St Mary's Halt (now closed, yet still in place). *Lydney Town *Middle Forge Junction – Line splits into High and Low Levels. No Station. * *Norchard Low Level (Terminus) - includes a railway museum and shop *Norchard High Level - ramp and steps to Norchard Low Level *Tufts Junction – Historic junction with disused mineral loop and freight branch. No Station. *Whitecroft *Parkend (Current Terminus) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean Forest Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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