The Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust
Midsomer Norton Station,
Silver Street,
Midsomer Norton BA3 2EY
How to find us
(map & directions).
Telephone
01761 411221 (Sundays and Mondays).
Please note, due to limited opening days, phone messages cannot be very regularly checked, email is currently the best form of contacting us.
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Open Sundays and Mondays for sales & viewing. For special events see Opening & Events page.
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Please go to the General Information page for an overview of the Trust's work at Midsomer Norton.
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Latest news updated 11.05.08
Opening appeal
To achieve our target of a 2008 full public opening, we need to raise £16,000.
Please help us by making a donation, the more you can give, the better chance we have of reaching our target.
You can make a donation online via Paypal, you do not require a Paypal account to do so, just use a debit or credit card.
Current total £11,001
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Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust at Washford on the West Somerset Railway. Event diary dates (pop-up window) Here.
Website design: Ovals
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Please help us by making a donation, the more you can give, the better chance we have of reaching our target.
You can make a donation online via Paypal, you do not require a Paypal account to do so, just use a debit or credit card.
Current total £11,001
Quick links
About the S&DRHT
How to find us & travel
Merchandise sales
Station site plan
S&D line map
Welcome
Opening & events
Become a member
(including online purchase)
Make a donation
Links page
Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust at Washford on the West Somerset Railway. Event diary dates (pop-up window) Here.
Website design: Ovals
Webmaster:
Current issue of the S&D Telegraph magazine
Issue 31 - December 2007 of The S&D Telegraph is on sale* now and features:
An S&D winter's tale
Evocative wintry scenes of the S&D around the Mendips and the Somerset Levels in 1962/3.
MSN – international freight terminal
See the photos from the 1920s and 1950s when freight was dispatched to Eurrope by rail from Midsomer Norton.
Bath Central
The forgotten scheme that planned to unite the Great Western, Midland and S&D lines at one station in Bath.
S&D to the sea
David Barson's memories of going via the S&D for his summer holidays on the south coast.
Plus: Motive Power Visitors: The diesels, sleeping coach delivery to MSN, Kuju's new S&D train simulator reviewed, Trackwatch, and more.
*Become a member and get your copy FREE
Issue 31 - December 2007 of The S&D Telegraph is on sale* now and features:
An S&D winter's tale
Evocative wintry scenes of the S&D around the Mendips and the Somerset Levels in 1962/3.
MSN – international freight terminal
See the photos from the 1920s and 1950s when freight was dispatched to Eurrope by rail from Midsomer Norton.
Bath Central
The forgotten scheme that planned to unite the Great Western, Midland and S&D lines at one station in Bath.
S&D to the sea
David Barson's memories of going via the S&D for his summer holidays on the south coast.
Plus: Motive Power Visitors: The diesels, sleeping coach delivery to MSN, Kuju's new S&D train simulator reviewed, Trackwatch, and more.
*Become a member and get your copy FREE
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Safety work complete In recent weeks the safety works at the Silver Street end of the site have progressed well. Both bufferstops are now in place, a new barrow crossing between the platforms has been constructed, and the shingle trap in front of the big stop block is also now complete. |
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S&D on Meridian TV Meridian TV are showing a series called Along These Lines at the moment, which on Sunday April 27th featured the S&D. Full programme details and schedules can be found on the producer, Platform14 Ltd's website. |
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Up platform resurfaced Undoubtedly looking its best now since well before closure of the S&D, the Up platform at Midsomer Norton has now been resurfaced. On Thursday 13th March the contractors moved in to top-off the hard work that the volunteers had started in all the preparation of the platform surface. More. |
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2009 Ivo Peters calendar now in stock In what might seem like a surprise retailing move, just months after the 2008 calendar arrived, the 2009 calendar is now available in the station shop. It is in the usual one month and a black and white Ivo photo per page format, spiral-bound and supporting all three S&D trusts and priced at £4.50. |
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Trust's £36,000 legacy gain The S&DRHT has benefitted to the tune of £36,000 from the will of member Michael 'Bill' Gates (shown left) who died nearly a year ago. Michael also left a similar amount to the SDRT at Washford. More. |
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Raise money with your internet searches You can help us raise more money for the Trust by using the link on the Fundraising page or clicking the logo, left. Bookmark and use this link every time for all your internet searches and help our fundraising campaign. |
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For comment & additional information, visit the S&D 'blogsite' Follow this link or the button in the navigation bar above to find Steve Sainsbury's own 'S&D blogsite'. Here you can find latest comment and photos on the S&D and the Midsomer Norton project, and more. The S&D blogsite is not an official site of the Trust but are the personal views of the former Finance Director of the Trust. Blogsite... |
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