Glastonbury founder steams ahead with train in his name

The founder of the Glastonbury Festival is to have a train named after him in honour of the contribution the world renowned event has made.

The world famous Glastonbury Festival. Image by wonker / CC BY 2.0

Michael Eavis was at Paddington station in London for the ceremony to put his name on a First Great Western train.

The festival logo will also feature on the high-speed train, which will run between London and South Wales and the South West. FGW trains stop at Castle Cary, the closest station to the Glastonbury site in Somerset.

(Press Association)