S&DJR launches appeal to buy Masbury station

摘要

The Somerset δ Dorset Railway Heritage Trust has launched a £500,000 appeal to buy Masbury station, on the old S&DJR route. The present owner intends to sell the station and site this year, but has given the trust first refusal, providing it can raise the cash by September 30. Buying the Masbury site would conserve a section of S&DJR history, and at some stage in the future the trust would explore the prospect of expanding from its site at Midsomer Norton southwards towards Chilcompton (a section that includes Chilcompton tunnel) and Binegar to Masbury.