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KEEPING DURSLEY IN THE NEWS

Ale fans join rail fans at new station

TRAIN enthusiasts and villagers celebrating the first station to re-open in Gloucestershire since the early 1960s marked the event with a suitable toast of "rail' ale.

Uley's independent brewer provided a special brew for the 281 passengers travelling on the first train to pull out of the new Cam and Dursley station.

The Uley Brewery provided the celebration bitter a week after its Old Spot ale became available to MPs in the Houses of Parliament.

Given the title Dursley Donkey, the brew may have had a kick like a mule, but also shared the nickname of the popular train that used to run on the branch line to Dursley.

The celebration bitter joined a range of other refreshments donated by local firms.

Coaley Junction as it was originally known closed in 1965.

The re-opening was the result of 15 years' campaigning by councils and an action group.

The station, which cost �390,000, will be officially opened tomorrow.

CAPTION: Roll out the barrel ... some of the Dursley Donkey brew is rolled along the new platform.

Reproduced courtesy of The Citizen - 19th May 1994.