Talk:Swanage Railway

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According to J.H. Lucking, Railways of Dorset, the Swanage railway was ignored by the Beeching Report (More formally known as "The Reshaping of British Railways"). If this is correct the common assumption has been made that railways were only closed under the influence of this act. This remark should be replaced by one to the effect that the line closed despite not being mentioned in the Report since this sequence is still rare enough to be of interest. Britmax 21:59, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I do concur with your comments about this particular Branch line, and why it survived. I have therefore edited the text in the history section to enable the sequence of events leading up to the closure of this line to be documented. Aquizard 17:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Having put a diagram of the line into the article, I feel I need to explain why it is not at the top as they tend to be. This was done partly not to disturb the format of the existing pictures, but mainly so that it ends up next to the "Aims of Swanage Railway" and "Norden - Wareham Restoration" paragraphs as one of its uses is to clarify these ideas to anyone unfamiliar with the line. Comments regarding this positioning are invited. Britmax 08:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The line diagram from Britmax is a worthwhile addition to the page, and I feel that its current position on the page is correct given the absence of through services from the main line at Wareham. I have edited the diagram to reflect the recent (10th May 2007) permanent connection with Network Rail, and I have also removed the connection shown with Herston Works and added an explanatory paragraph to the article. I have also made various other edits to reflect the Wareham connection progress with Network Rail. Keith Morgan 14:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Since my previous posting on this page, further information has come to light to add value to the reasons why this line was closed inspite of not being mentioned in the Beeching 1 report. Aquizard 22:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aquizard (talk • contribs)