Swanage Railway volunteers launch £450,000 survival appeal
The Swanage Railway Trust has launched an appeal to raise £450,000 to help save the heritage line in Dorset.
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Track upgraded between Yeovil and Weymouth
Network Rail has completed upgrade work on the line between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth that will provide smoother and more reliable journeys.
Hard hitting video released by Network Rail ahead of Half Term holiday
In a new safety campaign, Network Rail is reiterating the dangers surrounding the misuse of level crossings and trespassing on the railway.
Successful installation of defibrillators completed across South Western Railways staffed stations
The lifesaving devices have been installed across more than 150 of the rail operators' staffed stations and are available for local communities to use…
More disruption this month on the Heart of Wessex railway line
Next week, services on the line between Yeovil Pen Mill and Weymouth will be disrupted when it is closed whilst engineers renew a section of track.
Church Bells celebrate Victorian steam locomotive’s return to service
On 7 October, bells of a Swanage church rang out to celebrate the return to service of T3 Class 4-4-0 No. 563 after a six-year £650,000 restoration.
Swanage Railway welcomes locomotive 563’s return to steam
Swanage Railway is bringing locomotive 563 back into operation after seventy-five years.
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 work from the 16th to the 20th of October
South Western Railway celebrates a century of station adopters
Staines station has recently adopted by local volunteers, marking more than 100 South Western Railway stations being cared for by the community
Swanage Railway to run The Purbeck Piddler this September
The Swanage Railway is offering visitors curry and drinks on board 'The Purbeck Piddler' on Saturday 30 September.