North Somerset Railway in 2025

[Doomotron]

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The North Somerset Railway website was seemingly last updated in 2023 with an announcement for more news would be coming soon, but that news never appeared. Weirdly the copyright date has been updated to show 2025 so the website is not abandoned. I have sent a message to them about any progress, but I was wondering if anyone on here knows of any news about the railway project or the Class 117 that they bought and wanted to refurbish.

 

[Ashley Hill]

I thought this project was dead in the water. Seemingly not ,or perhaps having its last gasp. YouTube exploration videos show the Radstock site appearing quite derelict.

 

[The exile]

Home - North Somerset Railway Company C.I.C

The North Somerset Railway website was seemingly last updated in 2023 with an announcement for more news would be coming soon, but that news never appeared. Weirdly the copyright date has been updated to show 2025 so the website is not abandoned. I have sent a message to them about any progress, but I was wondering if anyone on here knows of any news about the railway project or the Class 117 that they bought and wanted to refurbish.

If the webpage is based on a template then the “footer” may well be set up to update the year automatically.

 

[Legolash2o]

As a developer myself, I set copyright dates to always show the current year.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

I think the limit of achievement with this one was the attempt to drive up awareness by producing a Train Simulator route. Quite old but forms the basis of a rather better ‘Heritage Railway’ version - the Mendip Line i believe it is called.

 

[Worf]

The Company still exists and submitted accounts last in Oct24. Have £65K in the bank!

 

[fgwrich]

The Company still exists and submitted accounts last in Oct24. Have £65K in the bank!

They do also have a 117 in Eastleigh in various stages of storage or overhaul.