free of charge.Each year FEDECRAIL organises an international conference on subjects important to heritage railways and railway museums and to foster mutual contacts and cooperation between its members. These conferences are targeted mainly at persons playing an active role in museum and tourist railways, railway museums, locomotive and rolling stock groups, national federations and other railway heritage bodies. Others with broader interests in railway heritage are also welcome to attend.
Next year’s Fedecrail Conference will mark a return to Scandinavia, this time to Sweden, hosted by the two national railway heritage umbrella organisations, MRO and JHRF. Our hosts have advised that April can still be the tail end of the winter weather, so the dates will be later than usual in early May Thurs 10.5.12 - Wed 16.5.12.
The business sessions will be held in the attractive southern coastal city of Helsingborg (across the water from its Danish counterpart, Helsingor) following the established format of Working Group Meetings and opening reception (Thu 10.5) followed by the Business Sessions and General Assembly (Fri 11.5 - Sat 12.5) and a visit to the newer of Sweden’s two national railway museums nearby at Angelholm. It is envisaged that we will make a full day excursion (Sun 13.5) to Gothenburg, possibly by a special train, for rail and tramway heritage visits in the city. On the Monday, plans are to transfer by special train to a second base in central Sweden at the lakeside town of Jönköping (Mon 14.5 - Tue 15.5) for further visits, returning home on Wed 16.5 by rail connections to appropriate airports. Our hosts are also investigating the feasibility of a ‘Post-Conference Tour’ (Wed 16.5 - Sat 19.5) taking in a range of interesting visits to other railways and museums as far north as Uppsalla and Sweden’s other national railway museum at Gävle.
For travel planning, convenient airport for most participants is likely to be Copenhagen - onward travel by direct rail connection to Helsingborg from the airport station via the Oresund bridge and tunnel. An alternative is rail through Denmark to Helsingor for the short ferry crossing to Helsingborg. For the main programme, it is recommended to plan for outward flights Thu 10.5 (arriving morning or afternoon) and return Wed 16.5 (departing mid-afternoon or evening).
New participants are very welcome as well as familiar faces ! A more detailed outline programme will be circulated later this autumn to Fedecrail members and individual Friends of Fedecrail.
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