Each year thousands of holidaymakers experience the thrill of riding through the picturesque Purbeck Hills on one of the Swanage Railways classic steam trains The line runs for 5½ miles from a new ...

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A locomotive that served Dorset from the 1930s will star in a three-day steam gala. The volunteer run Swanage Railway, will host No. 926 Repton which hauled trains across the county during World War ...

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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 ...

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 ...