Good morning! Steam returns to in Swanage Railway on July 18th. SR U class No.31806 will be kicking off our return to steam with 4 round trips from Swanage. The times are 10.30, 12.00, 13.30 and 15.00 ex Swanage. Visit the link below to book your tickets! Remember to click the Gift Aid button at the end of your booking please. (UK taxpayers only) https://swanagerailway.co.uk/re-opening-services | Swanage Railway

563 makes her first journey to Swanage under her own steam! Thanks to the amazing efforts by all the staff and volunteers that were involved at Herston, the work on the coupling rods and other fettling jobs has been completed and 563 arrived back at Norden yesterday. A fire was lit and today we were able to make history with 563’s first trip along our railway under her own power! We’re sure you’re as exicited as us to see 563 return to service and we’ve just announced our first running dates for

Steaming towards the Sunset! 🌅 We’re so pleased to see steam back on the Swanage Railway - with a daily service operating until the end of the Half-Term week with our wonderful SR U Class, 31806! Just keep an eye out for our regular postings or www.swanagerailway.co.uk for timetable information. We’d love to see you photos and videos of your first visit of the year to the Railway - don’t forget to tag us in them so we can be part of your memories! | Swanage Railway

In the first video of this two part series, our volunteer Fireman, Josh finds out the cost of mothballing the railway with our Trust and Company Chairman, Gavin Johns before exploring the minimum maintenance requirements to keep it in this closed state. He’ll also be getting an update about Project Wareham to help give you an insight into the many different ways COVID-19 has impacted the railway and the crisis it now faces in its most critical fight for its very existence. Our survival might be

113K views · 1.5K reactions | This is the new Steam and Lights train coming to Swanage Railway this Christmas  Passengers will be socially distanced and on-board music will be synchronised to lineside lighting displays passing the carriage windows  Read more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/2I6zOUb | Bournemouth Daily Echo | Facebook