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This is a route-map template for the West Somerset Railway, a UK heritage railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a 22.75-mile (36.6 km) heritage railway line in Somerset, England.The freehold of the line and stations is owned by Somerset Council.The railway is leased to and operated by West Somerset Railway plc (WSR plc), which is supported and minority-owned by the West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) charitable trust and the West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust ...
The West Somerset Mineral Railway was a standard gauge line in Somerset, England. [2] Originally expected to be 13 miles 420 yards (21.3 km) long [ 3 ] its length as built was 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (18.5 km), [ 1 ] with a 310-yard (280 m) branch to Raleigh's Cross Mine .
Blue Anchor railway station is situated in the seaside village of Blue Anchor, Somerset, England, close to the larger village of Carhampton. It is on the West Somerset Railway , a heritage railway , and it houses one of the two museums of the West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust.
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 Hampshire; now in south-east Dorset), with a branch in Somerset from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea and Bridgwater.
The West Somerset Mineral Railway opened in 1857 to carry iron ore from the Brendon Hills to the harbour at Watchet, [40] and the West Somerset Railway connected it with the main railway network in 1862. [39] In 1858 the Somerset Central Railway opened as part of a project to link Wales with France by way of a jetty near Burnham-on-Sea railway ...
An adjacent building on the platform is home to the Taunton Model Railway Group’s model railway layout. The original station offices with modern toilets are now used by the West Somerset Railway Association. [2] The eastern-side 1906-built platform, No.2, is today the station's main operating platform.
D7523 was based on the West Somerset Railway from 30 April 1996 until it moved to the Epping Ongar Railway in September 2011. [169] Class 14: D9551 1968 1981 - 2003 One of three Class 14s that have been based on the West Somerset Railway at various times, D9551 arrived in June 1981 after having been in industrial service at Corby Steelworks. [170]