Colne Valley to be closed after shock order to quit

摘要

Essex's Colne Valley Railway is being forced to relocate after being served notice to quit by its landlord. The railway will run heritage trains for the last time on December 30 after its owner Chris Young, an Australian property developer, told CVR chairman Paul Lemon in March that its rolling lease would not be renewed. Mr Young is preparing to submit plans to Essex County Council to build property on the 20-acre Castle Hedingham site, although that is understood to be far from a fait accompli because the land is a designated conservation area, and local opposition to the closure of the CVR has been vociferous. Mr Lemon told The Railway Magazine that "unless we can persuade Chris Young to change his mind"the railway would be forced to rip up the mile-long preserved line and move all of its infrastructure and rolling stock to a new site.