Dorset has always been an important railway county, catering for
holidaymakers heading to the resorts of Bournemouth, Swanage and
Weymouth. As part of the mid-nineteenth-century desire for railways
to reach many parts of the country, a line from Southampton reached
the county town of Dorchester in 1847. This was to become part of
the London & South Western Railway. The Great Western Railway
arrived in the county in 1857 with a line from Yeovil to Weymouth
built to Brunel’s broad-gauge standard. Another name associated
with the county was the Somerset & Dorset Railway, which opened
between Bath and Poole in 1870. Development of the various lines
are covered – their heyday was the 1950s when they were used by
holidaymakers heading for the sunny south coast. Then came the
Beeching closures, but also the electrification of the main line to
Weymouth. The various routes within the county are covered by a
wide selection of photographs, many of which have not been
published before.
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