| Woman rides school railbus again after 60 years - Tetbury to Cirencester Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 23:36, 9th June 2026 |     |
From the BBC:
Woman rides school railbus again after 60 years
A woman who used to travel to school every day on a railbus made the same journey 60 years later as volunteers restore the transport.
Jan Fisher, 78, who now lives in Wales, used to travel on the railbus W79978 that ran on the Tetbury to Cirencester branch line in Gloucestershire from 1959 to 1964.
Volunteers at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire acquired the railbus in 2019, and hope the transport will be ready to be used by the public again by 2030.
Fisher along with her daughter was offered a special trip on the railbus after old BBC footage of her was shared riding the line.
(BBC article continues, with images)
A woman who used to travel to school every day on a railbus made the same journey 60 years later as volunteers restore the transport.
Jan Fisher, 78, who now lives in Wales, used to travel on the railbus W79978 that ran on the Tetbury to Cirencester branch line in Gloucestershire from 1959 to 1964.
Volunteers at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire acquired the railbus in 2019, and hope the transport will be ready to be used by the public again by 2030.
Fisher along with her daughter was offered a special trip on the railbus after old BBC footage of her was shared riding the line.
(BBC article continues, with images)
