The Railway
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway - almost always referred to as the S&D - was an English railway line connecting Bath in north east Somerset and Bournemouth, now in south east Dorset but then in Hampshire. It was never a high speed line: its winter business was carrying freight and local passenger traffic over the Mendips, but in the summer season the S&D came into its own, carrying a heavy service of Saturday holiday trains from northern towns to Bournemouth. It always commanded a considerable loyalty from railway enthusiasts, and when it closed in 1966 it was widely mourned.
Learn more about the stations, locomotives, or examine the routes in greater detail.
Reusable Map Data
Our map data is available to download under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence, for use in Google Earth and on satellite-navigation devices:
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Page last updated: 28 January 2010