Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Heritage Railway

    History made as Taunton goes on line after 40-year wait!

    Aug 27, 2019 4 minutes
    By Robin Jones
    JONATHAN
    JONES›PRAT T
    SWNS/GWR
    SWNS/GWR

    HERITAGE sector history has been made with the successful launch of trial scheduled services from Taunton’s main line station on to the West Somerset Railway (WSR).

    Comprising Class 150 DMU No. 150265, modern-day train operator Great Western Railway’s first timetabled shuttle from Taunton departed for Bishops Lydeard at 9.39am on Saturday, July 27, carrying 90 passengers.

    Taunton Deane MP Rebecca Pow flagged off the ground-breaking inaugural service from Taunton’s platform 2 bang on time, joined by various civic and tourism sector guests including Heritage Railway Association president Lord Richard Faulkner of Worcester, and appropriately named Taunton town crier Peter Taunton.

    SWNS/ GWR

    Taunton town crier Peter Taunton announces the first scheduled shuttle from the

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Heritage Railway

    Heritage Railway1 min read
    Black Prince Set To Spend Two Years At Bressingham In Storage Deal
    OUT-OF-TICKET BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92203 Black Prince is to go on display at Bressingham Steam Museum for the next two years. The North Norfolk Railway and the museum have announced a partnership which will see the 9F, saved for preservation by
    Heritage Railway1 min read
    Mountaineer Becomes Wensleydale Patron
    IN case it ever finds itself presented with a mountain to climb, the Wensleydale Railway has made a perfect choice for the second patron of its charitable trust. Alan Hinkes OBE became the first Briton to climb all 14 of the world’s mountains more th
    Heritage Railway2 min read
    'Sprinter's' Conversion To Community Hub With £60k Grant Funding
    THE Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway will be converting the body from a retired Class 153 'Sprinter' into a new community hub, having successfully applied for two separate grants to provide much of the funding. Set on the site of a former colliery, whi

    Related