GNR 2701 Composite Corridor
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[1].
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
LNER (SVR) Coach Fund
- ↑ vintagecarriagestrust.org