News | Swanage Railway Trust

Jul 15

Steam to Resume and Norden Station to Re-Open

Steam trains are to resume on the award-winning Swanage Railway for the first time since mid-March – with Norden station re-opening to th...

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Andy Vincent

Jul 11

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 r...

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Jul 1

Swanage Railway to Reopen with Special Fund-raising 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 dist...

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Jun 12

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 Covi...

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Andrew P.M. Wright

May 26

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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Andrew P.M. Wright

Apr 29

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 th...

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Andy Vincent

Apr 22

Herston Carriage Shed Update

Due to a period of extremely heavy rain it was necessary to halt the foundation construction in late February because of very poor ground...

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Mar 27

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...

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Mark Woolley

Mar 15

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 ...

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Andy Vincent

Mar 13

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 co...

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Andy Vincent

Feb 24

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...

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Andy Vincent

Feb 20

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...

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Andy Vincent

Feb 18

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 Ra...

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Andy Vincent

Feb 12

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 compr...

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Andy Vincent

Feb 4

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 Ste...

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Feb 4

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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Andrew P.M. Wright

Jan 29

Remarkable Book of Land Surveyor's Drawings Reveal the Building of the Swanage Railway

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

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Jan 6

Purbeck Railway Circle January Meeting

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

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Dec 25, 2019

National Railway Heritage Award for an Innovative Signalling Scheme

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

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Andrew P.M. Wright

Nov 13, 2019

Purbeck Railway Circle November Meeting

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

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