The Battlefield Line that runs a heritage service between Shakerstone and Shenton gained a middle stop when Market Bosworth Station opened for passengers on Saturday for the first time in 80 years.
Volunteers from the Shakerstone Railway Company have been working valiantly for months to repair and renovate the disused station, which was hit by a vicious arson attack in 2008. Two steam trains from the GWR pulled into the platform on a beautiful Gala Weekend morning to strike a blow for triumph over adversity.
My article on this event will be appearing shortly in Heritage Railway magazine. I got some pretty fair photographs and managed to do it all without tripping over my anorak. Steam on!
