SUBURBAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY

The Suburban Electric Railway Association was formed in 1996, then called The Mersey & Tyneside Electric Preservationists. As the name implied the group was set up to preserve the Class 503 EMU and the South Tyneside EPB unit. Over the next few years the group acquired numerous other items of mainly electric rolling stock, changed its name to the Suburban Electric Railway Association (SERA) and took over the running of the Coventry Steam Railway Centre in 2001. In 2007 there was a coming together with other AC electric preservation groups and the Electric Railway Museum (ERM) was created. The Coventry site served as the museum from 2007 until 2018. It was opened to the public on several select open days from 2010 until forced to close in October 2017 as the land, which was leased from Coventry City Council, was sold to a developer and the museum and all resident groups were required to vacate. The closure meant the SERA was restarted from the dormant organisation it had become whilst..

Also known as: SERA, Suburban Electric Railway Association

Primary location: Reading United Kingdom