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Building confidence, creating opportunities and helping people discover the freedom of rail travel. Thanks to funding from South Western Railway, South Wessex Community Rail was able to deliver a series of four Travel with Confidence trips for around 40 young adults from Diverse Abilities, based in Weymouth. Led by our Community Rail Officer, Chantelle, the programme was designed to […]
Travel with Confidence – Opening Up New Journeys
Building confidence, creating opportunities and helping people discover the freedom of rail travel. Thanks to funding from South Western Railway, South Wessex Community Rail was able to deliver a series of four Travel with Confidence trips for around 40 young adults from Diverse Abilities, based in Weymouth. Led by our Community Rail Officer, Chantelle, […] Read More
Celebrating 140 Years of Upwey Station
A special anniversary celebration bringing the railway and local community together. Upwey railway station celebrated its 140th anniversary with a very special community event, bringing together the railway, local schoolchildren and the wider community. Our Community Rail Officer, Chantelle, has been building a strong relationship with St Nicholas and St Laurence School in Upwey. From this partnership […] Read More
Celebration Stations – Stations in Bloom
Most recently South Wessex CRP have collaborated with Blackmore Vale CRP on stations in Bloom. We went up the line from Dorchester West to Frome. It was so lovely to see how the volunteers had put so much time and effort in to get the stations looking so bright and […] Read More
Promotion of the Heart of Wessex Line
South Wessex CRP has begun work with GWR, Severnside CRP and TransWilts CRP on a common marketing strategy for the Heart of Wessex Line. Read More
Scenic Rail Britain
South Wessex CRP helped create the Heart of Wessex Line page on Scenic Rail Britain and will continue to suggest updates for its part of the line. Read More