All four DMU vehicles that make up the mainline fleet for services from the Swanage branch to Wareham have now returned to the Swanage...

Four refurbished DMU vehicles have returned to the Swanage Railway following an extensive overhaul at Eastleigh works. The vehicles...

Our next meeting is on Friday 14th February, when Brian Jackson will deliver a presentation entitled "Paddling across the Bay: Paddle...

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...

A unique and remarkable Victorian book of land surveyor’s drawings has revealed how the branch line from Wareham to Corfe Castle and...

Our next meeting is on Friday 10th January, when Jim Boudreau will deliver a presentation entitled "Maids of All Work: The SR Moguls”....

This was the first coach to run on the Swanage Railway when volunteers started to rebuild the branch in the nineteen seventies - and was...

Currently undergoing restoration by the volunteer Heritage Coach team at Swanage, this coach last carried passengers almost 60 years ago...

Built for the Southern Railway in 1930, this coach pioneered the design of 'open' coach (without compartments) that we think of as normal...

An innovative signalling system enabling trains to run from Swanage to the national railway network has won a national award

Our next meeting is on Friday 15th November, when Martyn Pring will deliver a presentation entitled "Luxury Railway Travel: A Social and...

Our next meeting is on Friday 18th November and held in conjunction with the Purbeck Film Festival. The evening will feature two railway...

The 2019 Swanage Railway Trust Annual General Meeting takes place on Saturday 19th October in the Mowlem Theatre, Swanage

An ambitious appeal has been launched to raise £350,000 to return a unique Victorian steam locomotive – that escaped the scrapman's torch...

Our next meeting is on Friday 13th September, when Mike Walshaw will deliver a presentation entitled "The Swanage Railway's Project...

Our next meeting is on Friday 21st June, when John Baxter of the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust will give his presentation...

On Friday April 12th, Colin Stone will take us on “A Wander round the West Country”. His Imaginary Visual Rail Tour takes us from Poole...

On Friday 8th February 2019 Kevin Patience will give his presentation “Building the Lunatic Line”. The “Lunatic Line” was the political...

Record-breaking ‘Flying Scotsman’ – the most famous steam locomotive in the world – is to visit the Swanage Railway and be reunited with...

On Friday 16th November, Michael Baker will deliver his presentation entitled “The Southern Region since 1954” Michael has been taking...