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Welcome to Purbeck
Community Rail Partnership

A regular rail passenger train service from Swanage to Wareham has been an aspiration of many people for many years. The original line connecting the towns was closed in 1972, and the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership comprising local councils, businesses and rail organisations have been working together since 1997 to make this dream a reality.

to/from The Seaside Town of Weymouth 

to/from Poole & onwards to London

A regular rail passenger train service from Swanage to Wareham has been an aspiration of many people for many years. The original line connecting the towns was closed in 1972, and the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership comprising local councils, businesses and rail organisations have been working together since 1997 to make this dream a reality.
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Railway 200 Celebration of the 178th Anniversary of Dorchester South Station

Staff at Dorchester South Railway Station have been busy putting together an exhibition to celebrate the 178thAnniversary of the station from June 1st as part ...
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Dorchester South Beryl Bike Parklet

March 2025 Purbeck Community Rail Partnership in collaboration with South Western Railway and Dorset Council has installed a Beryl Bike Parklet recently installed at Dorchester ...
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Dorchester South Mid-Tier Scheme

April 2025 South Western Railway invited a number of local VIPs as it unveiled a number of improvements which it said would ‘enhance the gateway to ...
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