A plaque marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day has been recently unveiled at Swanage Station where American soldiers embarked on their journey to Normandy.

GIs from the 26th Infantry Regiment of the US Army’s First Infantry Division were stationed in Swanage, Dorset, while they trained for the Allied invasion in June 1944.
Swanage Railway, now a heritage line, transported the soldiers and their equipment to and from the town at that time. The blue plaque at Swanage Station honours the troops who were sent to Omaha Beach and commemorates the railway’s role in D-Day.

The plaque will have a prominent position on the station platform to remind and educate our passengers about this momentous part of our history and the small part the Swanage Railway played in helping to secure the Allied victory against Nazi tyranny.

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