Thomas the Tank Engine to visit Somerset
The East Somerset Railway has announced the Day Out with Thomas: Let's Rock, Let's Roll event coming to the line in October.
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Hastings DEMU tour to the Cotswolds and Exmoor
The Branch Line Society has announced the Cotswold and Exmoor Explorer rail tour to be hauled by a Hastings DEMU on 18th July.
GWR Castle steam locomotive to visit Somerset this Saturday
5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is to visit Somerset this Saturday (30th May 2026) as it hauls The Whistling Ghost to Minehead.
Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line
Colas Rail UK has been awarded the Signalling & Telecommunications and Power infrastructure contract for the reopened railway line to Portishead.
Steam locomotive 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set for more Somerset services
The West Somerset Railway has announced that 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley will be hauling passenger trains this July. It isnt long since the locomotive visited…
Somerset railway launches fundraising appeal
The West Somerset Railway has launched a fundraising appeal to help secure its future.
Somerset and Dorset Railway has jam packed events calendar for May
Although it is over halfway through, the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton in Somerset has a full calendar of events for the rest of May.
West Somerset Railway’s annual Diesel Gala set to power ahead this June
The West Somerset Railway’s annual diesel gala is set to return between 4 and 7 June, marking four days of intensive operations between Bishops Lyde…
Visitors announced for West Somerset Railway Summer Diesel Festival
The West Somerset Railway has announced that a third visiting locomotive will attend their Summer Diesel Festival on the 4th - 7th June.
Train services to return to Somerset railway line as contracts signed
Contracts worth £200m have been signed at Bristol Temple Meads, which will reinstate the Portishead railway line for the first time in 60 years. Work…