UPDATED PHOTO REPORT:
HERSTON HALT OFFICIAL REOPENING ON 30th MAY 2009

Updated Photo Report from Andrew P.M. Wright - dated 1st August 2009
Official photographer & press officer, Swanage Railway.
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Herston Halt official reopening on 30th May 2009
Photograph copyright Andrew P.M. Wright

Following months of rebuilding work by a team of predominantly Army volunteers led by Frank Roberts, the new platform at Herston Halt was officially reopened on Saturday 30th May 2009 by the Mayor of Swanage, Councillor Mike Pratt, and Lt Col JAG Langley, the Commanding Officer of 11th Signal Regiment.

Andrew P.M. Wright has supplied nearly 70 photos of the reopening of Herston Halt on 30th May 2009. To see the full set of photos, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.

For more information on the involvement of the Army with the rebuilding of the Swanage Railway please see the downloadable leaflet at the bottom of the page.

Herston Halt official reopening ceremony on 30th May 2009. From left ro right are: Lt Col JAG Langley, the Commanding Officer of 11th Signal Regiment, Swanage Railway's Project Leader Frank Roberts, Mayor of Swanage, Councillor Mike Pratt, and Swanage Railway Chairman Mike Whitwam.
Photograph copyright Andrew P.M. Wright

Downloadable Army Link Brochure describing the Army's close involvement with the Swanage Railway since 1984

To see the full updated set of photos, please scroll down to the bottom of the page.

All photographs are copyright Andrew P.M. Wright unless otherwise noted.
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