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    Trivia: Stations on our railway network which are closed but the platforms still exist.

    Wilton South up platform, Dinton up platform Semley both platforms Milbourne Port both platforms Sutton Bingham up platform Chard Junction up platform All of these on the Salisbury Exeter Railway. All closed 6th March 1966.
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    Small-scale infrastructure projects with extensive benefits

    A thought that crossed my mind that the passing loop just east of Tisbury should be lengthened utilising the relatively clear trackbed from the site of Chilmark sidings to Dinton to enable trains to have a dynamic passing facility to enable trains to pas on the move instead of london bound...
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    Privately Owned Tunnels/Viaducts etc

    If you are talking about the Tucking Mill viaduct near Bath on the old Somerset and Dorset railway then you will find the viaduct is currently being renovated as parts of Bath,s two tunnels project which is to open up the old route from the outskirts of Bath out to midford to connect with the...
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    Calls for new Dawlish avoiding line

    Many valid points of view here reference the old Southern Railway route to Plymouth however some points to be considered. Trains on the coastal route are becoming overloaded for London, it is not everybody who wishes to travel to London. A reopened LSWR route would not only help the local...
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    Calls for new Dawlish avoiding line

    When is the Government going to listen to us down here West of Exeter? I should have been on a trip to London today to see old friends, instead I have had to cancel this. We need the old Southern line from Bere Alston to Okehampton restored and used as a diversionary route to avoid the...

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