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Rescue plan saves steam railway
Weardale train
The Weardale Railway opened in July 2004
A cash-starved steam railway which went into administration with debts of about £1m has been saved after a deal was struck with creditors.

Weardale Railway went into voluntary administration in January 2005, after just a few months in operation.

Administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers said creditors had agreed to take 25p for every £1 they were owed.

London-based community transport group ECT is to take over the railway's operations in due course.

It is expected the railway will begin services again later this year.

The £5m project opened in July 2004, running trains on a five-mile stretch of restored track.

But the number of passengers fell about 12,000 short of what was expected by the end of its first year.




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