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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...
Andy Vincent
Jan 14, 2021


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 23, 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...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Dec 16, 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...
Andy Vincent
Dec 15, 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...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Dec 2, 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
Dec 1, 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 25, 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 19, 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 13, 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...
Andy Vincent
Nov 12, 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 14, 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 9, 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...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Oct 6, 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...
Andy Vincent
Sep 30, 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
Sep 13, 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
Aug 16, 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...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jul 15, 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...
Andy Vincent
Jul 11, 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
Jul 1, 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
Jun 12, 2020
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