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 ...

History will be made at the Swanage Railway this spring when a 1920s Great Western Railway ‘Hall’ class main line express locomotive visits the heritage line for the first time. The event is part of ...

TRAIN enthusiasts and volunteers at Swanage Railway rang in the new year with a special event marking 200 years of railway development. On January 1, the crew of the Swanage Railway Trust’s unique ...

A "wonderfully preserved" steam train journey in Dorset with "fantastic views" has been named as one of the UK's best. Swanage Railway featured alongside several others around the UK in a list from ...

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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A heritage railway in Dorset has launched an appeal to boost its reserves amid rising costs and falling passenger numbers. Swanage Railway said fewer people had been using the line since the start of ...