Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership

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Blackmore Vale Line Community Rail Partnership David. Volunteers are at the heart of our Community Rail Partnership making it a hands-on experience! Come and join us.

A DFT accredited Community Rail Partnership on the West of England Line covering Tisbury, Crewkerne, Gillingham, Templecombe, Sherborne & Yeovil Junction stations The Blackmore Vale Line CRP, launched in 2016, is the local rail partnership covering the stations and 53km route from Tisbury to Crewkerne on the West of England Line between London Waterloo and Exeter St. Together with local people, station groups, statutory and voluntary groups, and businesses the CRP promotes the area to prospective rail passengers stimulating tourism and the local economy. The CRP also works to increase community involvement in its award-winning stations and encourages residents and visitors to use the stations for a wide range of journeys. Together we are:

• Promoting the stations and the regions’ attractive market towns and villages to potential and existing rail-users
• Supporting the green agenda by creating and supporting better rural transport links
•Gardening and creating amazing spaces
• Holding campaigns, events and promoting inter-station colloboration.
• Developing joint CRP working from Salisbury to Exeter.
• Improving facilities at the stations to create warm, welcoming spaces for passengers and vsitors. Meet new friends, have fun and make a difference. Find out more at www.blackmorevaletrains.com

09/10/2026

Coming soon... 👀 A new temporary display is beginning to take shape in the Museum.

Curated by one of the town's community groups, it tells the brilliant story of how the local organisation supported the war effort during in Gillingham.

Can you guess which group it might be?

02/10/2026
A bit of a long read but helps to understand why we need the Government to invest properly in our line
17/09/2026

A bit of a long read but helps to understand why we need the Government to invest properly in our line

The West of England line serves a total of 21 stations over 120 miles and connects London with the South West. The route faces a range of challenges. West of Salisbury, the predominantly single-track line has limited passing points, which constrains services and makes recovery harder when things go....

14/07/2026

Sounds a good idea

13/07/2026
26/06/2026

Give Dad the Father's Day he actually wants this year — not another pair of socks, not a supermarket gift set — a proper, brilliant, steamy day out for the whole family!

3 old coaches at Crewkerne
12/06/2026

3 old coaches at Crewkerne

Buy a copy of our new book “Celebrating Railway 200 on the Blackmore Vale Line.”Retail price is £14.50You can purchase a...
12/06/2026

Buy a copy of our new book “Celebrating Railway 200 on the Blackmore Vale Line.”

Retail price is £14.50

You can purchase a copy from any of the following places.

Crewkerne & District Museum and Heritage Centre, 29 Market Square, Crewkerne

Yeovil Railway Centre (a five – minute walk from Yeovil Junction)

Sherborne Station

Sherborne Museum

Dikes of Stalbridge, Ring Street, Stalbridge,

Gillingham Museum (opposite Waitrose)

Tisbury Historic Society.

Address

Templecombe

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