Date: 31/03/2013

A modern passenger train has travelled on a Dorset heritage railway line for the first time in more than 40 years. The SouthWest Trains diesel train travelled on the Swanage Railway to highlight work to reinstate the Swanage to Wareham passenger service. The volunteer-run line recently won a £1.47m government Coastal Communities Fund grant to upgrade the track. [From Richard Buckby]

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A modern passenger train travels on a Dorset heritage railway line for the first time in more than 40 years.

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