The Doon Valley Railway

From the Railways Facebook page

SAVE DOON VALLEY RAILWAY!
It has been announced (February 2023) by the owner of the buildings we currently lease that they will be placing the buildings up for sale within the next six months.The buildings and areas DVR / ARPG face losing are: Ticket Office, Gift Shop, Customer Toilets, Exhibition and Artefacts Room, Volunteer Rest Room, Signal Box Cafe, Museum, Joiners & Metal Shop and the associated grounds surrounding this area.
Your support for Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group (ARPG) who operate Doon Valley Railway (DVR) now means more than ever and will shape and secure our very future.
So what does ARPG / Doon Valley Railway need? ARPG hope to raise a total of £250,000 by Monday 31st July 2023 in order to purchase the buildings critical to our operation which are: Gift Shop, Ticket Office, Exhibition and Artifacts Building, Customer Toilets, Volunteer Rest Room, Signal Box Cafe, and associated grounds.
The sale of these buildings and land will put the Doon Valley Railway at serious risk due to lack of other storage on site. Many of these areas and buildings are utilised frequently (daily/weekly) by our committed volunteers and during Open Days and other special events by our amazing customers and visitors who support us.
The Gift Shop, Ticket Office and Signal Box Cafe bring a significant amount of much needed funds and donations in order for ARPG to maintain, preserve and restore the whole site and operate DVR including its buildings, permanent way (Track), locomotives, wagons, coaches and smaller assets, not forgetting our narrow gauge stock. ARPG are in communication with the owner who has expressed his wish for ARPG to purchase and take on ownership of these buildings in order for the 'Doon Valley Railway' to continue to grow, so all is not lost but we must receive your help!
ARPG offers a wide range of volunteering opportuities to those aged 16-80 years; we are fully committed to our local and wider community which now stretches the length and width of the UK. We want to continue to preserve, restore and maintain Doon Valley and Scotland's railway heritage for many years to come.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OR UNTIL THE REQUIRED FUNDS ARE RAISED EVERY DONATION NOW RECEIVED BY ARPG / DVR WILL GO TO PURCHASING THESE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS WHICH WILL FULLY SECURE OUR FUTURE.
TO PREVENT DOON VALLEY RAILWAY BECOMING HISTORY ITSELF, WE ABSOLUTELY NEED EVERY DONATION.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONATE TODAY BY SELECTING THE DONATE BUTTON ON OUR HOME PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE!

https://doonvalleyrailway.co.uk/