SOS Appeal reaches important milestone
We are delighted to announce the success of our ‘Save Our Service Appeal’, to help assist the Swanage Railway's survival as we all...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 15
Southern Railway 'Moguls' swap boilers
Since the end of the 2020 operating season, a small but dedicated team of staff from our Locomotive Carriage and Wagon department have...
Andy Vincent
- Feb 9
Purbeck Railway Circle Premiere: Southern Coaches for the Swanage Railway
The Purbeck Railway Circle is holding their second virtual meeting of 2021 on Thursday 11th February at 7:30pm where "Southern Coaches...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Feb 1
Victorian T9 locomotive to remain at the Swanage Railway
The National Collection’s historic T9 class steam locomotive No. 30120 is to remain on the Swanage Railway – after an agreement was...
Andy Vincent
- Jan 31
LSWR T3: January 2021 update
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of our lives and the T3 project is no exception. However, we are now poised to take a big...
Andy Vincent
- Jan 14
Purbeck Railway Circle Premiere: History of Wareham Station
The Purbeck Railway Circle is holding their first virtual meeting of 2021 on Friday 15th January at 7:30pm where "A History of Wareham...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Dec 23, 2020
Finance team stages festive ‘Steam and Lights’ trains Christmas hamper raffles in aid of SOS appeal
Enterprising members of the Swanage Railway finance team are staging festive ‘Steam and Lights’ trains Christmas hamper raffles to raise...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Dec 16, 2020
Two extra ‘Steam and Lights’ trains to operate on Thursday, 31st December, 2020
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are to operate two extra evocative ‘Steam and Lights’ trains on Thursday, 31 December, 2020 – due to...
Andy Vincent
- Dec 15, 2020
Swanage Railway nominated for Heritage Railway Association awards
Gavin Johns, Swanage Railway Trust Chairman, reports on nominations for the annual Heritage Railway Association awards. These awards...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Dec 2, 2020
Swanage Railway wins government grant for updated feasibility study into Wareham train service
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers have won a Government grant of up to £50,000 to pay for an updated feasibility study and business...
Andy Vincent
- Dec 1, 2020
Southern Locomotives: December 2020 update
Southern Locomotives Limited (SLL) continue to make excellent progress on the restoration of Eddystone, alongside their other...
Andy Vincent
- Nov 25, 2020
Swanage Railway Trust's 563 Locomotive Group passes the one third mark for its £350,000 appeal
The 563 Locomotive Group, a subgroup of the Swanage Railway Trust, is delighted to announce it has raised £162,000 to date. The...
Andy Vincent
- Nov 19, 2020
Help with your Christmas shopping!
There are several ways that you can help raise money for the Swanage Railway through your normal shopping Our Giving page provides...
Andy Vincent
- Nov 13, 2020
We are having a raffle - and we need your help!
To help our SOS Appeal reach its £360,000 target, our finance team is organising festive hampers to be raffled to the passengers on the...
Andy Vincent
- Nov 12, 2020
Purbeck Railway Circle: Brian Jackson
The Committee of The Purbeck Railway Circle have learnt of the sad news that one of our regular speakers, Brian Jackson, has passed away...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Oct 14, 2020
Help to donate £5,000 in five days and boost Coronavirus survival appeal by £10,000
Dedicated volunteers are appealing to the public to help them raise £5,000 in five days – between Friday, 16 October, and Tuesday, 20...
Andrew P.M. Wright
- Oct 9, 2020
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...
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...