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The points incident happened on Saturday (August 12) and caused damage put at £8,000, and left the heritage railway unable to use one of the station’s platforms, resulting in services having to be rescheduled.
- Blue Anchor
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Under the Railways Act 1921, the West Somerset Railway Company was finally amalgamated into the Great Western Railway but the Minehead branch, as the route was now known, continued to be operated by the newly enlarged GWR.
Feb 26, 2020 · A heritage railway says it has brought itself back from the brink of insolvency after reporting an £800,000 trading loss last year. Since April, West Somerset Railway plc's £1m in...
Jul 29, 2024 · A new business case to reconnect the West Somerset Railway line with Taunton's Great Western Railway has been finalised - with around £6m being sought for various improvements.
Jul 23, 2024 · The UK’s longest heritage railway line could soon be directly connected to mainline rail services under a new business case.
Jul 4, 2021 · The 22-mile former GWR branch line has been hit hard by the Covid pandemic. Trains are now running along most of it again this summer, but the organisation says it needs to raise £1million in an...
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The line closed at the start of January 1971. However with the prolonged time taken for the line to close plans had turned to keeping it open as a private concern. Negotiations took over five years but at Easter 1976 reopening began with trains running between Minehead and Blue Anchor.
