Swanage Railway receives substantial grant from government's £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund
The Swanage Railway is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a life-saving financial boost from the...
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Andrew P.M. Wright
- Oct 6, 2020
New ‘Steam and Lights’ trains to be Coronavirus safe pre-Christmas first for Swanage Railway
A new and evocative Coronavirus safe ‘Steam and Lights’ festive train service is to operate on the Swanage Railway during the run-up to...
Andy Vincent
- Sep 30, 2020
Purbeck Railway Circle: October 2020 update
Like many Railway societies The Purbeck Railway Circle is unable to hold Public Meetings because of the Covid-19 restrictions. We had...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Sep 13, 2020
Paintings by talented artist help raise money for ‘Save Our Service’ Coronavirus appeal
Evocative paintings by a talented West Sussex artist are helping to raise money for the Swanage Railway’s ‘Save Our Service’ appeal to...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Aug 16, 2020
Coronavirus appeal reaches £261,809 on 25th anniversary of Corfe Castle steam train return
An urgent £360,000 ‘Save Our Service’ appeal to help the award-winning Swanage Railway survive in the wake of the economic effects of...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Jul 15, 2020
Steam to resume and Norden station to reopen
Steam trains are to resume on the award-winning Swanage Railway for the first time since mid-March – with Norden station re-opening to...
Andy Vincent
- Jul 11, 2020
Members Update: July 2020
Resumption of Services The Railway’s special public summer train service commenced on Saturday 11th July 2020, fully compliant with the...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Jul 1, 2020
Swanage Railway to reopen with special fundraising diesel train service
The Swanage Railway is to re-open with a special fund-raising train service protecting the health of passengers and staff – socially...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Jun 12, 2020
New fundraising videos show community support for Swanage Railway whose survival is on a knife edge
Dedicated Swanage volunteers have produced two new fund-raising videos giving a revealing insight into the devastating effect of the...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- May 26, 2020
Daughter of man who saved ‘Flying Scotsman’ asks public to support £360,000 Coronavirus appeal
The daughter of the man who saved the world’s most famous locomotive – ‘Flying Scotsman’ – from the scrapyard in the 1960s is asking the...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Apr 29, 2020
Public can donate by text to Swanage Railway £360,000 ‘Save Our Service’ Coronavirus appeal
The public can now donate by text to the Swanage Railway’s £360,000 ‘Save Our Service’ appeal which has so far raised £152,001 to help...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Mar 27, 2020
Donations appeal launched to help Swanage Railway in the wake of Coronavirus
The Swanage Railway has launched an urgent appeal for donations to help the award-winning heritage line – which contributes more than £15...
Mark Woolley
- Mar 15, 2020
Coronavirus COVID-19 update
The Board of the Swanage Railway met on Thursday 19th March to consider the current Coronavirus/Covid-19 situation and the impact on the...
Andy Vincent
- Mar 13, 2020
Purbeck Railway Circle: Meetings Cancelled
All Meetings and Outings have been Cancelled until September 2020. Meetings for the next few months have been cancelled because of the...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 24, 2020
Purbeck Railway Circle March Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 13th March, when Ken Mumford will deliver a PowerPoint presentation on The Devon Belle. The Devon Belle (an...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 20, 2020
Carriage Shed Appeal Passes £10,000 Mark
An important milestone has been achieved at the end of the first week of the Swanage Carriage Shed Appeal: a total of £10,964 has already...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 18, 2020
Project Wareham DMU Fleet Assembled at Corfe Castle
All four DMU vehicles that make up the mainline fleet for services from the Swanage branch to Wareham have now returned to the Swanage...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 12, 2020
Class 117 DMBS Delivered for Project Wareham
Four refurbished DMU vehicles have returned to the Swanage Railway following an extensive overhaul at Eastleigh works. The vehicles...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 4, 2020
Purbeck Railway Circle February Meeting
Our next meeting is on Friday 14th February, when Brian Jackson will deliver a presentation entitled "Paddling across the Bay: Paddle...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Feb 4, 2020
Swanage Carriage Shed Appeal Launched
The Swanage Railway Trust has launched an appeal to raise funds towards the building of a new shed for the storage and protection of its...
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