It
must be regarded as quite miraculous that the Lambourn Valley Railway
actually existed at all as an independent company. Especially when you
consider that this area was predominantly GWR country. But for seven
years, exist it most certainly did.
However, in 1905, the
Lambourn Valley Railway Company was swallowed up by the mighty Great Western Railway and, although it
never lost any of its rural charm, the line from Newbury to Lambourn
and back again became, in essence, just another GWR branch line.
For all that, however, the LVR, both as an independent line and in its
subsequent GWR incarnation, possessed a unique charm and became
- as so many branch lines did - an essential part of the
communities through which it passed before its official closure in 1960.
This
site tells the story of that branch line and of some of the people who
gave their lives to it, and helped to make it what it was. And if you have
any information about the LVR that you'd like to share, please get in touch.
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