Tuesday, 24th May 2016 was an historic day for Car no. 4 as it began its journey to Ross-on-Wye to be fully restored by Alan Keef Ltd as part of the Heritage Lottery project. Service was suspended on the railway at 12.30pm to allow the car to be pushed to a loading point just east of…
Sunday 24th April saw the first of the 2016 season ‘late running’ evenings when VERA takes over the operation of the railway outside of normal service hours. The weather was bright and rather cold but a steady flow of passengers enjoyed the experience of riding on the railway up to 7.00pm. The picture, taken by Les Kenward, shows…
On Saturday 9th April Brighton Museum will be hosting an ‘Open Day’ for the Volk’s Electric Railway Heritage Lottery Project. This is a chance to see the final plans for the new Aquarium Station & Visitor Centre and new Workshop and Rolling Stock Depot before work starts in September 2016. Members of the Project Design Team and…
The railway’s 133rd season was opened by journalist and television broadcaster Nicholas (Nick) Owen on Good Friday, 25th March 2016. Standing in bright Spring sunshine, Nick praised the efforts of the dedicated staff and volunteers in ensuring that the railway continues to operate. He said that this year will be the last opportunity to see the…
We are very pleased to have the photographic services of Alice Volk, the great-great-granddaughter of Magnus Volk. Alice was very excited to learn of the Heritage Lottery Grant and approached VERA a few weeks ago to see if she could be of any help with capturing views of Volk’s Railway ‘before and after’ the new…
The recently-announced Heritage Lottery Fund award for the construction of a new storage and maintenance shed means that the railway’s dedicated staff can finally look forward to better working conditions. Stuart Strong, Manager of Volk’s Electric Railway since 1993 said “The shed has been supported by scaffolding for over half of the 21 years I have been…
After years of waiting for a financial breakthrough, Volk’s Electric Railway has been awarded £1,593,800 by the Heritage Lottery Fund following a successful bid in 2013 by Brighton & Hove City Council. The award is available in two stages over a period of three years; the first being the ‘project development phase’ lasting one year for…
Heritage Learning Brighton & Hove joins together heritage organisations across the city to offer schools a comprehensive choice of experiences for their pupils. A Teachers Focus Group has been established representing 6 primary schools and on Wednesday 18th March they spent the day at Volk’s Electric Railway, together with representatives from Brighton Pavilion and Brighton Toy…
Sunday, 4th August 2013, marked the 130th birthday of Volk’s Electric Railway, another milestone for the world’s oldest operating electric railway. To celebrate the occasion, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 12 noon, the exact time at which Magnus Volk set off in his little electric railway car along 400 metres of narrow-gauge track laid…
Brighton’s Volk’s Electric Railway. The world’s oldest operating electric railway, was presented this week with a prestigious Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Engineering Heritage Award. The railway, which opened in 1883, will join a list of winners which include the Vulcan Bomber, the SS Great Britain and the WW2 code breaking machine at Bletchley Park. The…
