Rail minister visits the Swanage Railway using its trial Wareham heritage diesel train service
The Minister of State for Rail and HS2, Huw Merriman MP, has made an informal visit to the Swanage Railway in the Isle of Purbeck –...
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Andrew P.M. Wright
Apr 5, 2023
Swanage Railway starts first DMU heritage train service to main line at Wareham since 1972
The first diesel multiple unit train service to the main line at Wareham since 1972 has been started by the Swanage Railway – with a...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Apr 2, 2023
Child on last British Rail train to Wareham is conductor driver on first heritage train to return
A dedicated volunteer who was one of the first to start rebuilding the Swanage Railway – and who travelled on the last British Rail train...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Mar 17, 2022
Wareham trial train service postponed to summer 2023
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers have postponed their planned trial diesel train service to the main line at Wareham until the summer...
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
Feb 18, 2020
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...
Andy Vincent
Feb 12, 2020
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...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jan 25, 2018
Challenging Restoration and Upgrade of 1960's Heritage Diesel Trains Delays Second Year Wareham
A challenging project to restore and upgrade two former British Railways 1960s heritage diesel trains – to exacting main line standards –...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Oct 24, 2017
Swanage to Wareham Train Service Wins Purbeck Community Rail Partnership 'Innovation in Communit
A pioneering two-year trial train service to Wareham operated by the Swanage Railway has won the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership an...
Andrew P.M. Wright
Jun 13, 2017
Volunteers Celebrate Returning Swanage to Wareham Train Service for First Time in 45 Years
Two generations of volunteers, going back to the Swanage Railway's birth in the mid-1970s, have been celebrating public transport history...
Andrew P.M. Wright
May 23, 2017
Public Train Service to link Swanage & Corfe Castle with the Main Line at Wareham – for the firs
History is to be made next month with the return of a public diesel train service from Swanage and Corfe Castle to the main line at...
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