Skip to content
Sunday, February 1, 2026

VibeWire Magazine

Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything

  • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Data Deletion Instructions
  • Rail
    • Navy Narrow Gauge at Pearl Harbor
    • D&RG / D&RGW Tennessee Pass Route History
    • U.S. Navy Railroad, Pearl Harbor
    • The Decline of Rail Freight in Australia: A Multifaceted Analysis
  • Amtrak Scenic Train Routes
    • The Southwest Chief
  • Telecoms
    • Why Melbourne has advantages over Sydney for Data Centre Deployment
    • Geelong and Ballarat the new Data Centre Development Opportunities?
    • Development of international subsea fibre cables for Melbourne Australia
    • Underwater cables in Red Sea damaged months after Houthis threatened to do just that
  • Space
    • How China’s Tiangong Station is Reshaping the Landscape of Space Exploration
    • Why NASA’s First Landing On The Moon in 50 Years Matters – It’s Commercial, Cryogenic & Confused
    • NASA’s Voyager 1 glitch has scientists sad yet hopeful
  • UFO
    • UFO wreckage was salvaged by British special forces in the 1980s
  • Military
    • The Royal Navy Scuttled 116 Captured U-Boats After WWII

Category: Somerset

  • Home
  • Somerset
  • Page 5
  • Bath
  • Bristol
  • Castle Cary
  • Great Western Railway
  • London Paddington
  • Network
  • Reading
  • Somerset
  • Weymouth

Glastonbury Festival goers encouraged to travel by train

  • Guest authors
  • June 14, 2024
  • 0

Organisers of the world-famous Glastonbury Festival have released an announcement asking those planning to attend the festival to be “climate heroes” by reaching the festival site by train.

  • Bishops Lydeard
  • Furness Railway No. 20
  • Minehead
  • Ribble Steam Railway
  • Somerset
  • standard gauge
  • West Somerset Railway
  • Williton

161 year old steam locomotive set for Somerset visit

  • Guest authors
  • June 14, 2024
  • 0

The West Somerset Railway has announced that Furness Railway No. 20 will be visiting them for their week long celebrations to mark the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the line between Watchet and Minehead.

  • Avanti West Coast
  • Community Rail Partnership
  • Great Western Railway
  • Network
  • Passenger Assistance
  • Somerset
  • Transport for Wales
  • Yatton

Pet dogs feature in book that helps nervous train travellers

  • Guest authors
  • June 1, 2024
  • 0

A safety audit manager at Great Western Railway has written a book featuring two shih tzu dogs that help people who are nervous about travelling by train.

  • Bishops Lydeard
  • LNER 'B1' No. 61306 'Mayflower'
  • LNWR Coal Tank No. 1054
  • Norton Fitzwarren
  • Somerset
  • standard gauge
  • West Somerset Railway
  • Williton

West Somerset Railway sees 50% increase in passenger numbers to gala

  • Guest authors
  • May 9, 2024
  • 0

This year’s Spring Steam Spectacular at the West Somerset Railway saw a 50 percent increase in visitor numbers compared with last year’s event.

  • Bishops Lydeard
  • GWR 'Grange' No. 6880 'Betton Grange'
  • Minehead
  • Somerset
  • standard gauge
  • West Somerset Railway

Steam loco 6880 Betton Grange set to visit Somerset heritage railway

  • Guest authors
  • May 9, 2024
  • 0

In July of this year, the locomotive 6880 Betton Grange will operate special services on the West Somerset Railway, a standard gauge heritage railway which runs from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton.

  • Bishops Lydeard
  • Class 03
  • Class 09
  • Class 14
  • Class 20
  • Class 24
  • Class 33
  • Class 46
  • Class 50
  • D7017
  • Diesel and Electric Preservation Group
  • Minehead
  • Norton Fitzwarren
  • Somerset
  • standard gauge
  • West Somerset Railway
  • Williton

First visit in 25 years to Somerset railway for Class 24 locomotive

  • Guest authors
  • April 25, 2024
  • 0

Class 24 D5054 Phil Southern to star at West Somerset Railway Summer Diesel Festival.

  • Somerset
  • standard gauge
  • Washford
  • West Somerset Railway

West Somerset Railway announce final visitor to Spring Steam Spectacular

  • Guest authors
  • April 19, 2024
  • 0

The West Somerset Railway announces their latest loco to appear at their May Bank Holiday Spring Steam Spectacular

  • Castle Cary
  • Frome
  • Great Western Railway
  • London Paddington
  • Network
  • Network Rail
  • Pewsey
  • Somerset
  • Swindon
  • Taunton
  • Westbury
  • Weymouth

New additional car parking at Castle Cary station to close over Easter period

  • Guest authors
  • March 17, 2024
  • 0

Great Western Railway has revealed that the new car park at Castle Cary Station will be closed over the Easter holidays to support improvement projects

  • Dorchester
  • Dorchester South
  • Dorchester West
  • Dorset
  • Great Western Railway
  • Heart of Wessex line
  • Network
  • Network Rail
  • Somerset
  • South Western Railway
  • Wareham
  • Weymouth
  • Yeovil
  • Yeovil Pen Mill

Services on Heart of Wessex Line to be disrupted by track renewal work

  • Guest authors
  • March 6, 2024
  • 0

Later this month Great Western Railway services on the Dorchester-Weymouth Heart of Wessex line will be disrupted due to track renewal work.

  • Bristol
  • Cornwall
  • Department for Transport
  • Devon
  • Gloucester
  • Gloucestershire
  • Great Western Railway
  • London
  • Network
  • Somerset
  • Wales

Bids invited for community projects in Wales, Cornwall and Gloucestershire

  • Guest authors
  • February 27, 2024
  • 0

Great Western Railway is inviting bids for funding from customer and community projects connected to the railway that address an area of social need.

Posts pagination

Previous 1 … 4 5 6 Next
  • Boeing Vs. Airbus: Who Delivered More Planes In February?
  • Union Pacific’s Famed ‘Big Boy’ Steam Engine to Visit Dozens of Communities in Upcoming Tour
  • Seattle Bound ANA Boeing 787 Returns To Tokyo After Passenger Bites Flight Attendant
  • Union Pacific President Beth Whited Celebrates 37 Years with the Railroad and Announces Transition to Company Advisor

Copyright © 2026 VibeWire Magazine Theme: Express News By Adore Themes.