Swanage Railway Special Events 2007

40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF SOUTHERN STEAM - 7th to 9th July 2007
VISITOR INFORMATION

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NEWSFLASH:
Press Release on 40th Anniversary of end of SR steam 7th-9th July 2007 here
Additional Locomotives and Timetable confirmed
Full Working Timetable (including stock movements) is now available here
Please scroll down the page for more information

80104 at Swanage November 2006 - Photograph copyright Andrew P.M. Wright

BR Standard Class 4 locomotive No. 80104 at Corfe Castle, November 2006

A weekend of steam to mark the 40th anniversary of the last steam trains on the Southern Region of British Railways.

Help us publicise this historic event by printing and displaying a copy of our event information. Click here or on the image (below) to download the poster in pdf format. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view it.

Timetable details: (Click on image to open in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Full Working Timetable (including stock movements) is now available here

Locomotives in use will include (subject to availability):

30053 Swanage-based (DLL) and subject to completion of overhaul
30075 visiting from East Somerset Railway
34081 visiting from North Norfolk Railway
73129 visiting from Midland Railway Centre
76079 visiting between its mainline commitments from Riley and Son
80078 Swanage-based (SLL)
80104 Swanage-based (SLL)

The Wessex Belle Dining Train will operate on Saturday evening (advanced booking on 01929 425800).

Special Timetable applies:

A full timetable with locomotive allocations will be available prior to the event.
Ordinary return, single and Evening Rover tickets are available.
Ordinary Day Rover Tickets will not be available.

Special Event Fares:

DAY ROVER FARES provide unlimited travel all day and evening.
Adults £15 Concessions £10

EVENING ROVER FARES provide unlimited travel after 17 00.
Adults £4 Concessions £3

Ticket enquiries by post or telephone:

Reservations
Swanage Railway Co Ltd
Station House
Swanage
BH19 1HB
Tel: 01929 425800 (10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday)

NEWSFLASH 1st June 2007: Additional Locomotives confirmed

The Swanage Railway is pleased to confirm four visiting locomotives for its event marking the 40th Anniversary of the end of Southern Steam (Saturday 7th to Monday 9th July 2007).

30075, Project 62's 'USA lookalike', will be visiting for the weekend and will be joined by 73129, the Caprotti valve gear Standard Five from the Midland Railway Centre, BR Standard Four 2-6-0 No. 76079 from Riley & Son and Bulleid Battle of Britain Class No. 34081 '92 Squadron' from the North Norfolk Railway.

It is also hoped that a locomotive will be able to use the main-line connection, as the first steam locomotive to travel the whole branch since BR days.

From the 'home' fleet it is hoped that 80078 and 80104 will be in use and that M7 Class locomotive 30053 will be available for the weekend.

On Friday and Saturday evenings the Railways evening service will be operated using some of the visiting locomotives. Bar facilities will be available on all evening trains.

On the Saturday and Sunday it is planned that the Railway's peak 40-minute timetable will be supplemented by additional trains throughout the day providing a similar timetable to that recently operated for the Beer Festival.

On Monday 9th July – the actual Anniversary – the Railway will operate a 40-minute frequency service throughout the day. It is planned to use 30053, 34081, 73129 and 76079 on this day. This page will show full details of the event as soon as these are produced.

Nick Brown
General Manager, Swanage Railway Co. Ltd.

All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright