Due to government guidelines regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the Swanage Railway ran its last public trains on the weekend of 14 and 15 March with its shop and café closing on Thursday 19 March.
With so many schools closed, these are difficult times for young people, however, for one Swanage teenager, the future looks very bright.
Swanage Railway is loved by visitors and local people alike, but it does need funding in order to survive.
The public can now donate by text to the Swanage Railway’s £360,000 ‘Save Our Service’ appeal which has so far raised £136,168 to help the award-winning heritage line survive in the wake of the economic effects of coronavirus.
The vital service, which links Sandbanks in Poole to Shell Bay in Studland near Swanage, that carries vehicles and foot passengers is not anticipated to return until October.
A woman was fortunate to suffer only minor injuries after an e-cigarette battery caught fire in her coat pocket
Record-breaking ‘Flying Scotsman’ has arrived at Swanage Railway to be reunited with rare Devon Belle Pullman observation carriage for the first time in almost 50 years.
World Famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ – to be reunited with a rare Devon Belle Pullman observation carriage for the first time in almost 50 years in Swanage Railway
The final countdown has started to this year’s Swanage Carnival with more than 100 events lined up for the week-long celebration.