Our next winter meeting will NOT be on Zoom as we have now been able to return to live presentations. Our new meeting venue is Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8TA, commencing at 7.30pm. (Doors open 7pm) On 29th September Blay Whitby returns to continue the story of Britain’s only survivng…
Our November live meeting at Patcham Community Centre, Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, BN1 8TA, commencing at 7.30pm. (Doors open 7pm) In a talk which may challenge some preconceptions, Tim Kendell looks at the development of Britain’s railways and how they became unsustainable, leading to the realisation that something had to be done. The talk…
Trains return to the rails of the seafront line on Saturday May 29th 2021. All trains and facilities will be covid compliant. The timetable for 2021 is: Mondays and Thursdays from 11.30am to 5.15pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10.30am to 5.15pm Saturdays and Sundays from 10.30am to 6.15pm All services are dependent on weather…
With the relaxation of the lockdown VERA’s volunteers have been allowed back to the railway and are working hard to get things ready for the reopening of the railway on the 29th May. Work is taking place on the cars and the track, while our drivers have had their medicals and refresher courses with our…
WINTER MEETING WEDNESDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2020 – 7.30pm Due to the covid 19 pandemic the Association is unable to host its normal winter meetings at Blatchington Windmill….BUT FEAR NOT, they have now been moved to ZOOM so you can attend them without moving from the comfort of your armchair. Our next talk is being given…
The Volk’s Electric Railway Association’s 5 point plan to revitalise the railway was discussed at the B&HCC Conservative Group Tourism Committee earlier this month and they are now calling for an officers report on the plan. The 5 points outlined in the business case are to improve signage (especially to make the Aquarium Station more…
The 2020 season fizzled out because of the rain and wind on the 31st October when the railway’s management decided it was too wet to carry passengers. However, three VERA members, Nick Owen, Les Kenward and Mick Mills decided to run a ‘last train’ as we do each year. Battling the wind and rain the…
THE BLACKPOOL STORY….Part 3 Blay Whitby returns by popular demand to continue his history of Britain’s first electric street tramway – and the only first generation tramway to survive to the present. PLEASE NOTE. Our winter meeting on September 30th will be a little different as instead of being able to hold it in the…
25 years ago, on 16th September 1995, a group of Volk’s Electric Railway enthusiasts gathered at the Pavilion Theatre and formally established Volk’s Electric Railway Association, affectionately to be known as VERA. Its main aims, then as of now, are to assist and support the railway and to gather artefacts relating to the work of…
