Saturday 15th November 2025 Farnborough's another station pair I hadn't included in my original list for this series, thinking that with North Camp close to Farnborough Main and Farnborough North, it made for a town with three stations, rather than two. But then I was contacted a few weeks ago by the wonderful Mike Knott... Continue Reading →
Sunday 20th April 2025 Yeovil Pen Mill I'm back on the fortnightly wander around places with two stations today and following my visit to Wakefield a month ago, here’s another pair of stations between which trains run in public service, albeit here in Yeovil, not very many. Yeovil Junction Timings of the limited number of... Continue Reading →
Saturday 22nd February 2025 Neither of Dorchester's two railway stations are particularly busy when compared to the six stations featured so far in this fortnightly series (Hertford, Canterbury and Wigan) but Dorchester South, which arrived on the scene first, in 1847, beats its near neighbour, Dorchester West, by virtue of hosting South Western Railway's twice-an-hour... Continue Reading →
Thursday 9th May 2024 Rail companies which bought into the Vivarail idea of refurbished London Underground D78 stock becoming diesel/battery Class 230 and electric Class 484 trains in their new guise haven’t had a lot of luck with their purchases. The idea sounded good when first mooted by the late Adrian Shooter who founded Vivarail... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 9th April 2024 I paid a visit to the Didcot Railway Centre over the Easter weekend. Never having been before, it had been on a list of interesting looking places to visit for a long time having always given it a good stare out of the window when travelling on trains between Reading and... Continue Reading →
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