WSRA News
WSRA secures coop Local Community Funding
WSRA is thrilled to have been selected to participate in another 12 months funding partnership with the coop Local Community Fund. The partnership runs for 12 months from 19 October 2025 until 17 October 2026. WSRA support from the coop Local Community Fund will go...
WSRA Chair appeals for more Trustees
WSRA Chair, Geoff Garfield asks "Can you help the West Somerset Railway Association?" The WSRA is a membership charity that has been supporting the heritage of the West Somerset Railway for over 50 years. Over recent years we have: Purchased rail, ballast &...
WSRA support for Winter Works on the railway
The WSR PLC has issued a press release thanking supporting organisations for their help over the winter months. The press release reads: A total of just under £200,000 has been contributed to important renovation and maintenance work on the West Somerset Railway...
WSRA Staff Opportunities
The WSRA is offering two exciting staff opportunities for enthusiastic and talented people to join our team for the 2025 season.Community Engagement Coordinator The WSRA has secured funding for a Community Engagement Coordinator for the 2025 season. The key purposes...
WSRA Trustee meeting report 13 January 2025
The WSRA Trustees met on Monday 13 January by Teams. Amongst the items discussed were: Previous Meeting – The minutes of the previous meeting on 09 December were approved as an accurate record and are available for members to read in the members area of this...
WSRA Trustee meeting report 09 December 2024
The WSRA Trustees met on Monday 09 December by TEAMS. Amongst the items discussed were: Previous Meeting – The minutes of the previous meeting on 11 November were approved as an accurate record and are available for members to read in the members area of this...
Buy a bag of Ballast campaign achieves first lorry load
WSRA is thrilled to announce that less than 2 weeks after launching the campaign we have enough donations to buy our first lorry load of Ballast. That is really great news and huge thanks go to our donors and WSRA supporters. Every bag really does make a difference...
WSRA Trustee meeting report 11 November 2024
The WSRA Trustees met on Monday 11 November by TEAMS. Amongst the items discussed were: Previous Meeting – The minutes of the previous meeting on 14 October were approved as an accurate record and are available for members to read in the members area of this...
WSRA relaunches ‘Buy a bag of Ballast’ for Winter 2024-2025
Each winter the WSR Infrastructure team undertakes a programme of work on the track. This includes everything from a complete relay of a section of track to spot repairs. Repairs are also carried out throughtout the year, as necessary. For all of this work they need...
WSRA secures place in 2025 London Marathon
WSRA is very pleased to announce that our Trusts and Foundations Fundraiser, Kate Williams, has secured a much sought after charity place in the 2025 London Marathon and Joe Rogers will be running it for us. Since 2018 Joe has been an active employee and then...