The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway - almost always referred to as the S&D - was a greatly loved and well used English railway line connecting Bath and Bournemouth. Our aim is to restore the whole line, from Bournemouth to Bath and to Glastonbury and Wells, using a mix of lobbying, strategic track-bed purchase and restoration of sections of the route as they become viable.
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The first aim of the New S&D will be to secure the station site at Midford and rebuild the station as a visitor information centre. This will only be the very first small step to restoring the route, but possibly the most important.
The New S&D will have a particular role to play in carrying freight traffic, originating both on the route and outside of the area. As peak oil hits road transport costs will mount exponentially and towns and villages without a rail connection will suffer terribly.
Rail traffic has risen relentlessly since the 1990s and some lines are beginning to reach capacity. We need new railways NOW, not in twenty or thirty years' time. By rerouting some traffic as well as originating our own we will ease pressure on the rail network, reduce carton emissions and prepare the towns and villages in Somerset and Dorset for a future where oil becomes very scarce indeed.
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