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Hastings DEMU tour to the Cotswolds and Exmoor

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June 1, 2026
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The Branch Line Society has announced the Cotswold and Exmoor Explorer rail tour to be hauled by a Hastings DEMU on 18th July.

Hastings DEMU tour to the Cotswolds and Exmoor

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June 1, 2026
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The Branch Line Society has announced the Cotswold and Exmoor Explorer rail tour to be hauled by a Hastings DEMU on 18th July.

GWR Castle steam locomotive to visit Somerset this Saturday

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May 29, 2026
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5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is to visit Somerset this Saturday (30th May 2026) as it hauls The Whistling Ghost to Minehead.

GWR Castle steam locomotive to visit Somerset this Saturday

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May 29, 2026
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5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe is to visit Somerset this Saturday (30th May 2026) as it hauls The Whistling Ghost to Minehead.

Colas Rail UK secures contract for work on new North Somerset railway line

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May 28, 2026
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Colas Rail UK has been awarded the Signalling & Telecommunications and Power infrastructure contract for the reopened railway line to Portishead.

Steam locomotive 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set for more Somerset services

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May 27, 2026
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The West Somerset Railway has announced that 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley will be hauling passenger trains this July. It isnt long since the locomotive visited…

Steam locomotive 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley set for more Somerset services

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May 27, 2026
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The West Somerset Railway has announced that 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley will be hauling passenger trains this July. It isnt long since the locomotive visited…

Somerset and Dorset Railway has jam packed events calendar for May

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May 21, 2026
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Although it is over halfway through, the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Midsomer Norton in Somerset has a full calendar of events for the rest of May.

Train services to return to Somerset railway line as contracts signed

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May 2, 2026
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Contracts worth £200m have been signed at Bristol Temple Meads, which will reinstate the Portishead railway line for the first time in 60 years. Work…

Devon landslip stabilisation work to cause services to be suspended this weekend

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January 14, 2026
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Services between Crewkerne and Exeter will be suspended on 17th and 18th January, to allow the lineside to be stabilised following a landslip.