Christmas has arrived early in Swanage - and that can only mean one thing - all aboard the Polar Express. Our reporter Hollie Carr hopped on board the festive steam train to experience the true ...

It is hoped the first services will run on the Swanage Railway heritage line in early 2026. The trains were a familiar sight in the 1970s and 80s TC (trailer control) push-pull diesel trains ...

A 1940s express steam locomotive has returned to a volunteer-run heritage railway after a £350,000 revamp. Following the three-year overhaul Dorset's Swanage Railway hopes to run the Eddystone ...

Swanage Railway has been running steam trains as a tourist attraction since the 1990s Plans to trial a diesel train service on a heritage railway line have been put on hold over concerns about ...

A MAN who drove diesel trains to Swanage in the dying years of the Purbeck branch line has had one more drive on a 53rd anniversary. Mel Cox started as a 15-year old steam locomotive cleaner at ...

TRAIN enthusiasts and volunteers at Swanage Railway rang in the new year with a special event marking 200 years of railway development. On January 1, the crew of the Swanage Railway Trust’s ...

The appeal is being made by the Swanage Railway Trust’s 4TC Group, formed in 2017. Swanage Railway volunteer diesel locomotive driver and 4TC Group member, Dan Bennett, said: "The restoration of ...