Tomorrow is the very important second meeting of the New S&D, down in Blandford. I've a feeling that Blandford is going to become a very active centre for us, with a lot of pent-up demand for the railway already existing. A town of almost 10,000 people being without trains in the 21st century is an absolute scandal. I suspect that tomorrow we'll be making some bold plans for the rest of 2009 and into 2010, particularly setting up our retail business, getting the sales and info stand up and running and starting work on 'The Case for the S&D'. We'll also be looking at land ownership along this stretch (and north to Templecombe) with the aim of buying up strategic stretches ready for the return of our trains. It's going to be very busy from now on, after the initial 6 months of getting set up, getting a committee formed and beginning to harden up our ideas and focus.
Please try to come along if you can - meeting details are on the sidebar.
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The Blandford to Sturminster Newton section seems to be well preserved
and with progress at Shillingstone there is every reason in the current situation to be optimistic. There is now a private landowner at Bere Marsh Farm on the line out of Shillingstone. This needs to be acquired before there is any possible move towards Sturminster Newton. On the positive side, since 1966 the local villages have grown considerably in size and population. To the east, the roads to Bournemouth and Poole are highly congested and there is great demand for that problem to be resolved. The old line is coming back to life with the opening of the trailway in both directions out of Blandford.
The Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, Sabotaged and Defeated but by no means dead...
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