West Somerset Railway
The Railway Station
Minehead
Somerset
TA24 5BG
Tel: (+44) 01643 704 996
Published: 2nd October 2021
Fundraising Coordinator Vacancy
Published: 26th September 2021
The IN:CH Art Exhibition will be held at the Gauge Museum 25th September – 3rd…
Published: 24th September 2021
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Published: 23rd August 2021
As the West Somerset Railway WSR nears the end of what has been a very busy, and much needed summer holiday period, planning for the WSRs Christmas plans is now well underway, including a brand new event for this year called Winterlights which runs on evenings.
Published: 6th August 2021
Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow has lent her support to the national Love Your Railway campaign. The campaign aims to shine a spotlight on the important work heritage railways do for historic conservation, education, and research. The campaign also highlights the detrimental impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the nations heritage railways.
Published: 2nd August 2021
With effect from Tuesday 3rd August, ALL WSR PRIVILEGE TICKETS AND SPECIAL PASSES WILL BE AVAILABLE AGAIN.
Published: 21st July 2021
Last Friday (16 July) saw the start of West Somerset Railway (WSR) steam trains running almost the full length of the line from Bishops Lydeard through to Dunster again which linked up with a small fleet of heritage buses travelling onwards to Minehead, and then returning later in the day.
Published: 21st July 2021
The 20-mile West Somerset Railway (WSR) is joining fellow heritage railways next week all over the country from as far afield as Cornwall, Suffolk, North Wales, North East Scotland and Northern Ireland (NB: see full list under Notes) in a new nationwide campaign to raise greater awareness of Britains heritage rail sector.
Published: 21st July 2021
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) Gala Planning Team is pleased to confirm that two small gala events are being planned for September and October 2021 as Government Covid restrictions are hopefully further eased later this month. These will be the first enthusiast gala events held at the WSR in almost two years since the winter steam event in December 2019!