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Part of National Heritage weekend - S&DRHT at Midsomer Norton. "Railways at War" theme with WWII re-enactment group demonstration of wartime scenes, vintage vehicles, stalls and 'Driver for a Fiver' on Sunday. Adult entrance £4, £1 goes to Help for Heroes - family and OAP discounts...

The principal gala event at Midsomer Norton is coming up on the 23 & 24 June - proceeds go new rail for the extension. All welcome!

Although the permission is for double track, the intention is to extend a single line towards Chilcompton (to a halt with run-around just north of the in-filled cutting). Space and permission for a second line will provide much needed siding space in the shorter term. At present, there's...

The S&DRHT at Midsomer Norton have received planning permission to extend rails south towards Chilcompton. The permission enables double tracks to the limit of BANES (Bath and North East Somerset) territory and will bring the Trust to within about 1/3 of a mile of Chilcompton cutting...

There's just under half a mile cleared for use, with about the same again being ballasted to make a short stretch of double track to a run-around. This is Phase 1 and hopefully will be completed this year. Phase 2 has started with another similar distance heading south towards Chilcompton...

Thanks for the prompt, will check Google - the centre is there as a 'place' but probably needs updating. The Jinty was run a few years ago and was a bit of a milestone achievement - given the compete dereliction of the site. Since then, a lot has been done and the completion of Phase 1 (track...

Some recent pictures of Midsomer Norton, to show the the Trust members have been busy over winter and are now really looking forward to their first season with passenger trains. As a result of the expansion, there are opportunities for new volunteers to get involved. The Trust is holding an...

Another addition to Midsomer Norton's motive power with D4095 arriving this week. Trials held this Sunday - information, pictures and video on both the main website and Facebook (links below). Thanks for the encouraging comments when news of the DMU was posted here.

Your are correct - the 2012 timetable is being revised due to this arrival being fitter than initially expected, which had put that year in mind. Apologies for oversight - label edited. Think the section you mention is in Radstock - a supermarket covers the junction area. However, going north...

The S&DJR at Midsomer Norton station is now able to provide passenger services to visitors with the addition of a 108 DMU - 46 years after closure and removal of the line. Regular services to be run from April to September 2012. DMU on trail - Dec 2011 More info from the Trusts' main website...