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On this World Tourism Day, the International Union of Railways (UIC) reaffirms its commitment to sustainable tourism as a tool for promoting economic, social and environmental development. Through different initiatives, such as TopRail and More Trains, UIC members have been working for a long time to promote rail as the backbone of sustainable mobility, acknowledging the importance of developing synergies between rail and tourism.

• Railway 200 celebrations on track, as Rail Minister heralds ‘exciting opportunity’
• International festival programme unveiled, inspired by journey that changed the world
• National rail sale, largest assembly of trains and rail exhibits, UK locomotive ‘whistle-off’, and much more!

.With just over 100 days to go until the start of a year-long celebration of 200 years of the modern railway in 2025, plans are being finalised to mark this historic milestone and explore rail’s past, present and future role in national life.

Dear Friends of Heritage Railways:

Wattrain (World Alliance of Tourist Trams and Trains, wattrain.net) - which I represent as its President - is preparing its 2024 Conference. The Conference is open to anyone interested in the future of the Heritage Railways around the world. Previous Conferences were held in Japan in 2015, in Frisco (Texas, USA) in 2018; the 2021 Conference was not possible because of Covid-19. 1. Place and date The Conference will be held in Castellammare di Stabia, just South of Naples (Italy). We expect the arrival of the participants on Friday, July 19, 2024. The Conference will start at 9.00 am on Saturday, July 20, 2024, and end at lunchtime on Sunday, July 21, 2024. The Conference will take place at the **** Hotel dei Congressi, Viale Puglia 45, Castellammare di Stabia (NA) 80053, www.hoteldeicongressi.it Phone: 0039-081-8722277; Whatsapp Business: 0039-345-2126092.

Dear Friends of Heritage Railways:

Wattrain (World Alliance of Tourist Trams and Trains, wattrain.net) - which I represent as its President - is preparing its 2024 Conference. The Conference is open to anyone interested in the future of the Heritage Railways around the world. Previous Conferences were held in Japan in 2015, in Frisco (Texas, USA) in 2018; the 2021 Conference was not possible because of Covid-19.

Read about Hobo Shoestring's riding the rails..

Sincere condolences to all affected by his sad passing.

https://hoboshoestring.wordpress.com/about/

https://www.terrapinn.com/RL2024/Wattrain

Rail Live 2024 is the congress edition and will be focused on high-level networking opportunities and high-level content. We’ll bring together a
diverse conference program featuring the most innovative technologies and projects in rail from around the World for this must-attend show.
Alongside this industry-leading conference, we are focused on creating opportunities for valuable networking to take place, through scheduled
meetings, off-site drink receptions and networking breaks

The World Passenger Festival is an annual conference and exhibition.

We bring together 3,000+ transport leaders from around the world who are focused on the transformation of passenger transport and mobility. 

We focus on customer experience, digital transformation, commercial strategy, ticketing & payments, marketing and distribution.

www.terrapinn.com/WPF2024/Wattrain

East Devon attraction, Seaton Tramway, is proud to announce its outstanding success at the 14th Devon Tourism Awards held on 16^th November at the Riviera International Conference Centre in Torquay. The night witnessed the gathering of Devon's tourism elite, celebrating resilience, innovation, and excellence in the face of a challenging few years.

The TopRail working group, focusing on rail tourism, and the Night Trains working group came together for productive meetings hosted by ÖBB on 3 October in Vienna. Several significant topics were on the agenda, fostering meaningful discussions and knowledge exchange.

A first-of-its-kind partnership between the Severn Valley Railway and Network Rail has been set up, signalling the start of an innovative relationship between the past and present railway.