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Majority single track. 45 miles 3 chains (72.5 km) double track. [1] The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR, also known as the S&D, S&DR or SDJR), was an English railway line jointly owned by the Midland Railway (MR) and the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) that grew to connect Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (then in ...
The Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) was created in 1862, as an amalgamation of the Somerset Central Railway and the Dorset Central Railway. By the following year, it ran from in Dorset. From Wimborne, the S&D trains could use a line owned by the on the South Coast.
The locomotives of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway can be broken down into four eras: The period after 1930 when the locomotives had been absorbed into the stock of the LMS (1930–1966). The railway had a locomotive, carriage and wagon works at Highbridge, Somerset, but this closed in 1930. Note that the locomotive history of the ...
The Somerset and Dorset Railway (S&D) was created in 1862, as an amalgamation of the Somerset Central Railway and the Dorset Central Railway. It ran from Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset to Wimborne in Dorset. From Wimborne, the S&D trains could use a line owned by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) to reach Hamworthy on the South Coast.
Dorset Central Railway, first section opened on 28 August 1854. The S&D Joint Railway was jointly operated by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR). After the 1 January 1923 Grouping, joint ownership of the S&DJR passed to the LMS and the Southern Railway. [1] South Eastern Railway incorporated 1836
Historical. Background. Midsomer Norton was a relatively busy rural railway location on the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway line from Bath to Bournemouth. Not only dealing with a large number of passing heavy freight and passenger trains (including the famous ‘Pines Express’), in the summer it handled substantial holiday traffic, a regular ...
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The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) was an English railway company owned jointly by the Midland Railway and the London and South Western Railway. The railway linked Bath in north east Somerset with Bournemouth, now in south east Dorset. The railway had branch lines to Burnham-on-Sea, Wells and Bridgwater. [1]
