News Archive: June 2025

On a hot afternoon, a Permanent Way team of 12 volunteers laid the last track of the 400m extension, connecting to existing track. Operations manager Phil Jacques placed the final ‘golden’ screw and it was driven home. He then thanked the team fo ...

A BBC team visited the station to record material for a Railway 200 special in September. Reporter Briony Leyland and cameraman Daniel Jojo interviewed NDR chairman Gavin Collins, former Shillingstone signalman Bob Downes, and volunteer John Coulbert ...

A hand-operated crane originally located at Binegar station in Somerset was installed on the station’s loading dock. In 1904 a narrow gauge line was built from the Oakhill Brewery to Binegar, where the crane was used to transfer barrels onto the ma ...

Another busy weekend at the station. We welcomed a steady flow of visitors who had come to enquire about volunteering and are pleased that a number of them have decided to join us. Meanwhile, we conducted the draw for our grand summer draw in aid ...