Tag: Dorset

Great Dorset Steam Fair will not take place next year

The Great Dorset Steam Fair Directors have announced that the event will…

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West Somerset Railway reaches provisional agreement over Washford site

The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust has provisionally agreed to sell West…

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Swanage Railway volunteers launch £450,000 survival appeal

The Swanage Railway Trust has launched an appeal to raise £450,000 to…

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Track upgraded between Yeovil and Weymouth

Network Rail has completed upgrade work on the line between Yeovil Pen…

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Hard hitting video released by Network Rail ahead of Half Term holiday

In a new safety campaign, Network Rail is reiterating the dangers surrounding…

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Successful installation of defibrillators completed across South Western Railways staffed stations

The lifesaving devices have been installed across more than 150 of the…

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More disruption this month on the Heart of Wessex railway line

Next week, services on the line between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth…

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Church Bells celebrate Victorian steam locomotive’s return to service

On 7 October, bells of a Swanage church rang out to celebrate…

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Swanage Railway welcomes locomotive 563’s return to steam

Swanage Railway is bringing locomotive 563 back into operation after seventy-five years.

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Reliability improvements to take place between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth this October

Great Western Railway will see rail replacement buses replacing trains during the…

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