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[[File: LNER_2701_20150307.jpg |thumb|200px|right| GNR (LNER) Corridor Composite No 2701]]
GNR 2701 was built at Doncaster in August 1922 as one of ten carriages to Diagram 164K. It is a Corridor Composite (CK), seating 21 first class passengers in first class compartments and 24 in third class compartments. The coach was involved in a collision at Retford during its first year of use, but survived and remained in service until 1958.
2701 was purchased in 1994 by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] from a public house in Derbyshire, with a view to restoration. In 2001 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £84k towards the cost, and the coach entered service in July 2008, being formally launched into service on 16th August of that year by Mr Tim Godfrey, a grandson of Sir Nigel Gresley. It was declared the overall winner in the Heritage Railway Association Carriage & Wagon competition 2009<ref>vintagecarriagestrust.org</ref>.
==Sources==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
LNER (SVR) Coach Fund<br>
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==Links==
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2430 GNR 2701 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//teak_set.html#2701 2701 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk]
==See also==
[[Carriages#LNER (and constituents) Designed Coaches| List of carriages]]
GNR 2701 was built at Doncaster in August 1922 as one of ten carriages to Diagram 164K. It is a Corridor Composite (CK), seating 21 first class passengers in first class compartments and 24 in third class compartments. The coach was involved in a collision at Retford during its first year of use, but survived and remained in service until 1958.
2701 was purchased in 1994 by [[The LNER (SVR) Coach Fund]] from a public house in Derbyshire, with a view to restoration. In 2001 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £84k towards the cost, and the coach entered service in July 2008, being formally launched into service on 16th August of that year by Mr Tim Godfrey, a grandson of Sir Nigel Gresley. It was declared the overall winner in the Heritage Railway Association Carriage & Wagon competition 2009<ref>vintagecarriagestrust.org</ref>.
==Sources==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<br>
LNER (SVR) Coach Fund<br>
<references />
==Links==
[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2430 GNR 2701 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>
[http://www.lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk//teak_set.html#2701 2701 on lnersvrcoachfund.org.uk]
==See also==
[[Carriages#LNER (and constituents) Designed Coaches| List of carriages]]
