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    Loss-making West Somerset profitable again – chairman

    Dec 17, 2019 3 minutes
    By Robin Jones
    TREVOR GREGG
    JIMMY JAMES

    WEST Somerset Railway plc chairman Jonathan Jones-Pratt said that“real progress”is being made in returning the heritage line to viability, despite reported losses exceeding £800,000.

    The company’s delayed annual report and accounts show the 22-mile railway had been losing more than £12,000 a week over the 15 months leading to March 2019.

    However, in a letter to shareholders, Jon said: “When I took over as chairman I found a bad financial position. We had been told by our safety regulator that it had

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