Beeching cuts

Steam railway marks 60 years since line closure

The railway was closed in 1966 but reopened just six years later as a heritage attraction.

A feasibility study will be carried out on proposals to reconnect Hereford and Gloucester by train.

Paul Antell shares his childhood memories of the railway at Shillingstone which closed 60 years ago.

The railway ran between Bath and Bournemouth, but was victim to the Beeching Cuts in the 1960s.

Fleetwood lost its main rail link in 1966, when the station closed as part of the Beeching Cuts.

The Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) once transported coal, commuters and holidaymakers alike.

The display, telling the story of the Scarborough to Whitby line, features a 14ft model railway.

Volunteers rebuilding the track at Shillingstone station hope to run passenger trains there in 2026.

An Oxfordshire MP says rail investment is needed to cut car journeys between Oxford and Witney.

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