Swanage railway station
Swanage | |
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Station on heritage railway | |
General information | |
Location | Swanage, Purbeck England |
Coordinates | 50°36′37″N 1°57′41″W / 50.61020°N 1.96145°W |
Grid reference | SZ029789 |
Platforms | 2 |
History | |
Original company | Swanage Railway |
Key dates | |
1885 | Opened |
1972 | Closed by British Rail |
1982 | Reopened by Swanage Railway |
Swanage railway station is a railway station located in
History
Swanage lies at the tip of the Isle of Purbeck, a
Swanage station was constructed with two platform tracks, on either side of a single passenger platform. The longer of these tracks had a run round loop, and was flanked by a station building built in the grey
Towards the end of the 19th century, Swanage started to develop as a tourist resort. Through coaches and through trains were operated to Swanage from both
After closure, a strong campaign was waged to allow the railway to reopen both as an independent community railway linking with the main line at Wareham and as a steam locomotive operated heritage railway. The Swanage Railway ran its first train in August 1979 from a temporary platform under Northbrook Road bridge up to the council yard. It began operating a steam service at the Swanage end of the line in 1982. The passenger station, goods shed and locomotive facilities have been restored to their 1937 configuration, although the goods yard is now the site of a supermarket.[1]
Future
Water Tower Project
Swanage Railway recovered a stone based LSWR Water tower from Salisbury and are currently relocating the tower to the South East side of Northbrook Road Bridge. They will also install a spring water extraction system as this will save money in the long-term. The railway is currently dependent upon mains water which damages the boilers of the steam locomotives.[3]
National Rail services
In 2020, it was announced that the government would provide funding for a feasibility study into reinstating regular passenger services between Wareham and Swanage.[4]
Services
Services run every day from the beginning of April to late October, with weekend only operation in March, November and December. The level of service varies from 6 to 17 trains a day in each direction, depending the season and the day of the week. Northbound, trains operate to stations at
Preceding station | Heritage railways | Following station | ||
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Herston Halt | Swanage Railway | Terminus |
Facilities
- Station Kiosk (in booking hall) – Open daily.
- Railway Shop – Selling railway books and paraphernalia, open daily.
- Bus Station – Two bus stops where all of Swanage's bus services terminate.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85361-557-8.
- ^ "A brief history of the Swanage Railway". Swanage Railway. Archived from the original on 24 July 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
- ^ "Water Tower Project". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ National Infrastructure Strategy National Infrastructure Strategy p.41
- ^ "2008 Timetable" (PDF). Swanage Railway. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ^ "Major delay as rail service between Swanage and Wareham postponed". Swanage News. 18 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.