Welcome
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway - almost always referred to as the S&D - was a greatly loved and well used English railway line connecting Bath and Bournemouth. Our aim is to restore as much of the whole line as possible, from Bournemouth to Bath and to Glastonbury and Wells, using a mix of lobbying, strategic track-bed purchase and restoration of sections of the route as they become viable.
The Biggest Mistake of All? (Friday, 03 September 2010)
Economists often talk of opportunity costs and misallocation of resources. I reckon that in 50 years time we'll all look back and see the Beeching cuts and the, once quite serious, belief that rail... [Continued]
My Love Affair with the Car (Thursday, 02 September 2010)
The south of France, 1987. South Downs 1983, but the national plates on the front give you an idea of how well travelled this Austin Morris JU250 was! Yesterday, Plymouth, almost giving m... [Continued]
A Very Sad Story (Tuesday, 31 August 2010)
When the original S&D closed 'replacement' bus services were implemented as a sop to those who rightly lamented the end of modern transport along the route. These services didn't last long as the... [Continued]
The Midford Station Appeal
The first aim of the New S&D will be to secure the station site at Midford and rebuild the station as a visitor information centre. This will only be the very first small step to restoring the route, but possibly the most important.
As Paypal charges can be high it is better to make larger donations (£20+) by cheque wherever possible, but please feel free to use this facility for any amounts if easier! Cheques should be made payable to 'New Somerset and Dorset Railway' and sent to:
Midford Station Appeal,
The New Somerset and Dorset Railway,
10 Bellamy Avenue,
Hartcliffe,
Bristol,
BS13 0HW.
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Website Updates
18 May 2010: all station pages now contain a static Google Map to help visitors locate them. We have also tweaked the style-sheets so that the website will appear centred within a web-browser window.
Page last updated: 18 May 2010