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• Summer Saturdays in the West...
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The Mixed Traffic Weekend - a new event - is themed on the changeover years on the Western Region of British Railways in the mid 1960s with a variety of steam and diesel trains typical of the era.
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| | · | Class 52 Western no D1010 Western Campaigner
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| | · | Class 42 Warship no D832 Onslaught
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| | · | Class 35 Hymek no D7076
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| | · | Class 14 no D9520
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| | · | Class 14 no D9526
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| | · | GWR 2-6-2T no 5553
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| | · | GWR 2-6-2T no 4160
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* Saturday 16 June 2007 only
All the above believed correct as at 11 March 2007, listed in good faith and subject to availability. Not all engines will be working each day.
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| | · | A Feast of Maybach Music - with Western, Warship and Hymek and class 14 locos on action
| | · | Two guest locomotives - Warship no D832 and Class 14 no D9520
| | · | Visit from Western no D1015 Western Champion on a charter from London Paddington on 16 June
| | · | The return to service of Class 52 Western no D1010 Western Campaigner
| | · | Public debut of Brush Type 4 Class 47 no D1661 North Star
| | · | Diesel Heritage Centre and the Diesel and Electric Preservation Group's sheds at Williton open
| | · | Transport link between Taunton and Bishops Lydeard
| | · | Special Souvenir Programme (can be booked in advance from 9 June over the phone on 01643 704996)
| | · | Day & Weekend Rover tickets available - cheaper if booked in advance
| | · | Lots of photographic opportunities
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All the above highlights, and the information below, are believed correct as at 11 March 2007, detailed in good faith and subject to availability.
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At Williton Station you will have the opportunity to visit the excellent Diesel Heritage centre, which features much information about the early Western Region diesels in particular. The shed/workshop of the Diesel and Electric Preservation group will also be open, offering a rare glimpse inside, and several locomotives will be on display in the yard, several of which can be "cabbed". The DEPG sheds and yard area will be open on all three days, 10 till 5pm. The engineering base of the WSRA will not be open. For more information on the DEPG please click here...
A number of trains will shuttle between Minehead and Dunster/Blue Anchor on the Friday and Saturday.
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| | Extra trains on Friday 15 June
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| | Minehead
| 10.25 | 11.40 | 12.30 | 2.10 | 3.20 | 4.30 | 6.12
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| 10.31 | 11.46 | 12.38 | 2.16 | 3.26 | 4.38 | 6.20
| | Blue Anchor
| 10.37 | | | 2.22 | 3.32 | |
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| | Blue Anchor
| 10.50 | | | 2.34 | 3.44 | |
| | Dunster
| 10.56 | 11.50 | 1.25 | 2.40 | 3.50 | 5.25 | 6.22
| | Minehead
| 11.02 | 11.58 | 1.33 | 2.46 | 3.56 | 5.33 | 6.30
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| | Extra trains on Saturday 16 June
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| | Minehead
| 9.45 | 10.40 | 12.30 | 2.15 | 3.10 | 4.10
| | Dunster
| 9.53 | 10.48 | 12.38 | 2.23 | 3.18 | 4.18
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| 9.55 | 11.40 | 1.25 | 2.25 | 3.25 | 4.25
| | Minehead
| 10.03 | 11.48 | 1.35 | 2.33 | 3.33 | 4.33
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A special free bus service linking Taunton Station, Taunton Park and Ride Car Park at Silk Mill and Bishops Lydeard Station will run every thirty minutes on all three days. The service will start from 9am from Taunton Station each day, with the last bus connecting with the final train arrival each day at Bishops Lydeard.
Advance tickets are now available for this event at discounted prices. A Three Day Rover costs £35 per adult and £17.50 per child; a Two Day Rover costs £26 per adult and £13 per child (please indicate which two days); a One Day Rover costs £17 per adult, £16 per senior citizen, £8.50 per child or £35 per family (two adults and two children), again please indicate which day you requires. These prices are for Rover tickets purchased in advance. A full range of tickets will be available on the day.
You can book Rover Tickets at a discount in advance in the following ways...
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| | · | Via the TicketWeb website
| | · | By telephone, using your Credit Card. Please ring 01643 704996, 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
| | · | By completing the Booking Form
| | · | In person at Minehead Station 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
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• Latest News...
12 Jun 2007
Slight changes to timetables.
| 4 Jun 2007
Working Timetables and Diesel Loco Rosters now available. More...
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• Buy Rovers Online...
| Book Rover Tickets on the Internet at TicketWeb...
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• Advance Bookings...
| Details on how to book discounted rover tickets in advance please click here
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Mixed Traffic Weekend 15-17 June 2007
