FRIENDS' SUCCESS AT ACTON

Friends’ sales stall revenue totalled £10,032 (from four days, including the special preview opening for Friends on Thursday afternoon). This brings the sales total in the 2022/23 year to over £45,000.

62 new Friends were recruited at the Depot; more have since joined on line.

The theme of this weekend was “Electric Journeys”. Featured events included an Abellio Wrightbus Electroliner double-deck bus on display in the rear space outside; talks and presentations on electricity and transport, with visiting speakers from Siemens Mobility, TfL’s Transport Strategy and Policy department and IFC Cloud Cable Car; and suitably themed family and children’s’ activities, including coding electric trains; creating light-up posters; and a Love the Tube 160 selfie station.

Visitors could enjoy many of the popular, regular features too: Routemaster coach RCL 2229 on display outside; poster store tours; the LT Miniature Railway; heritage train engineering; signalling displays; and the chance to talk to the Q-stock volunteers about project progress