Tag: Weymouth

Book Review: Southern and Isle of Wight Railways, the late 1940s to late 1960s by Brian Reading and Ian Reading

3.8 out of 5

This is a portfolio of trains on the Southern Region from the…

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Glastonbury Festival goers encouraged to travel by train

Organisers of the world-famous Glastonbury Festival have released an announcement asking those…

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Dorset heritage railway to welcome nine diesel locos to annual gala and beer festival

Dorset's Swanage Railway's annual Diesel Gala will feature nine classic diesel locomotives,…

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May rail tours have a “Star Wars” theme

Branch Line Society adopts Star Wars theme for rail tours.

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New additional car parking at Castle Cary station to close over Easter period

Great Western Railway has revealed that the new car park at Castle…

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Services on Heart of Wessex Line to be disrupted by track renewal work

Later this month Great Western Railway services on the Dorchester-Weymouth Heart of…

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Wiltshire trains set to be disrupted this week

Track renewal work will cause some disruption to GWR services through Trowbridge…

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South Western Railway offers thousands of cut-price tickets

South Western Railway is offering a number of tickets at up to…

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Sussex and Somerset visits for steam locomotive 7812 Erlestoke Manor

GWR 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’ will spend the 2024 summer season away from…

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1950s DMU to haul Winter Explorer on Isle of Purbeck trips

A restored 1950s heritage diesel train is to operate a two-day Winter…

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