The historic line ran between Bath in Somerset and Bournemouth in Dorset [Julian Peters] For more than a century the Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) served as a lifeline for rural communities - ...

Emotions ran high as a coffin with the message 'S&D died today' was loaded on to S&D Railway's last service train in March 1966 The 50th anniversary of the closing of the Somerset and Dorset Railway ...

It's two-and-a-half to three metres wide, which allows cyclists to pass one another and plenty of room for people coming ...

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A rare, vintage train carriage that a couple had used as a makeshift shed has been lifted out of their garden to be donated to a railway trust. The Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust will restore the ...

In 1965, the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway was told to close as part of the Beeching cuts. Hear stories of how it is remembered and the ways the line is still being used now. Show more In 1965, ...

FIFTY years ago, the railway line that brought thousands of people to Bournemouth for their holidays was shut for good. Those holiday trains were far from the only purpose of the Somerset & Dorset ...