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...
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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...
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...
Andy Vincent
- Jun 6, 2020
Heritage Coaches: Summer 2020 update
This update by Peter Short was originally written for summer edition of Swanage Railway News but did not appear because of the disruption...
Andy Vincent
- May 31, 2020
Sygnets: Spring 2020 update
The pandemic has impacted the Sygnets just as much as other groups on the Swanage Railway. Whilst it now seems a long time ago, the year...
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...
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