It was like one big family," said Paul Antell, describing the community of a railway that ran through his village. It has ...

A section of railway line ripped up in the 1960s has reopened after four years of work by volunteers. A procession of three engines marked the official opening of the track - now totalling half a mile ...

A spectacular steam train passed through Dorset on its way to Swanage station. The Swanage Belle, which thundered through the county on its way to Swanage, arrived in a seaside steam special visit on ...

As this weekend celebrates the 200th birthday of the railways in Britain, we take a look at a Dorset railway station that lasted less than 70 years. The 200th anniversary of the opening of the ...

A railway engine shed and turntable in Dorset and a train station on the Isle of Wight are among seven sites that have been grade II listed to mark 200 years of the modern railway. Havenstreet Railway ...

The 2026 season at the Somerset and Dorset Railway begins on Easter Sunday, 5 April, with trains returning to service at Midsomer Norton South Station. The railway has scheduled a range of events and ...

Full steam ahead for new connectivity project at Swanage Railway. Credit: Dorset Council. Dorset Council has received £163,000 ($210,516) in government funding to test the UK’s first WiFi-connected ...

Bob Downes was 19 when he began working as a porter at Shillingstone station in 1962, before training as a signalman. "There was always a busyness about the station, I miss it so much," he says of his ...

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