Basingstoke Station circa 1915
(Picture courtesy of Basingstoke Willis Museum)
Basingstoke Station 2010
(Picture by Ian Francis)
Basingstoke Station 2012
(Picture by David Brace)
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Basingstoke Station circa 1915 (Picture courtesy of Basingstoke Willis Museum) |
Basingstoke Station 2010 (Picture by Ian Francis) |
Basingstoke Station 2012 (Picture by David Brace) |
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Welcome to the Basingstoke & District Railway Society website. BDRS was formed in 1974 to provide entertaining lectures, films, illustrated talks and other matters concerning railways, including organised tours and journeys of railway and associated interest. The Society meets twice monthly on Wednesday evenings between 19.45 and 22.00 in the comfortable surroundings of the Wote Street Club located in Basingstoke Town Centre. Follow this link for This Year's Programme . Next Year's Programme when available will be here.
Typical membership is around 70, male and female, young and old, and our average meeting attendance is around the 35 mark. Most of our meetings take the form of an illustrated presentation given by top quality speakers including some of our own members. Archive and other Society material can be viewed using password access to the Member’s Area and, for the historians and those interested, Chris Tolley's 'A History of the Railways around Basingstoke' and a 21st century update by a long-standing Society member are accessible from our Local Railway History page. Members pay an annual subscription plus a reduced admission fee at each meeting and enjoy many other benefits. Visitors are welcome at all our regular meetings on payment of an admission fee. Our twice monthly evening meetings cover a variety of railway orientated subjects both at home and abroad. They embrace mainlines, branch lines and tram systems and include: passenger and freight traffic current and historical; broad, narrow and standard gauges; steam and modern traction; travel and photography; preserved and departed railways; infrastructure; and business and operational matters. We are always pleased to hear from anyone who could give a railway-orientated presentation on any of these or related topics. Learn more About Us including how to join by following this link. To Find Us follow this link; to Contact Us follow this link or use the tab above. Visit the Society and be welcomed. |
24th July 2024 Colonel Stephens and the Economical Railway with Chris Jackson Chris is an active volunteer at the Colonel Stephens Museum located at Tenterden Station. Chris will give a talk on the Victorian entrepreneur who was a great believer in low cost railways, and was involved in upwards of 50 different projects.
14th August 2024 Scotland Part 2 - Carlisle to Kittybrewster with Ray Schofield Ray returns with Part 2 of his 3 part Scottish Tour. It covers all the tracks of the CaledonianRailwayfrom Carlisle to Glasgow, Oban & Aberdeen, around G&SW to Stranraer via Ayr, and Kilmarnock
28th August 2024 Isle of Wight Railways with Stuart Duddy Stuart, link director of the IOW Railway Co Ltd gives a tour of the island's railway systembefore the lines started to close in 1952, followed by a potted history of the IWSR from its formative years in Newport before relocating to the current site.Locos and rolling stock will also be discussed
11th September 2024 New Zealand with Chris Ardy Chris returns to talk about the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
To receive email notification before each meeting please send an email with subject "Subscribe" to: Publicity@BDRS70D.com`
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Picture of the Month July 2024 |
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Blue Western Class D1015 "Western Champion" heads north at Hinksey on a one way proving run between Paddington and Birmingham with Pathfinder Tours 1-Way Wizzo.An unidentified blue Class 57 was on the rear. Photograph by Andy Fewster. |
Please Note: The Society meets twice monthly at the Wote Street Club. Meetings commence at 7.45pm. Society Member's access to the archive is no longer available through the website. Any member requiring access to the archive should contact the society directly.
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| Items of Railway Interest | Society Members Photo Archive | ||
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For information about train movements through Basingstoke Station click here The UK Steam & Modern Traction Railtours Information website click here Rail fares between any two stations on the UK network click here The live departure board for passenger trains from Basingstoke. Click here Get the cheapest tickets by splitting your journey! Click here for the link to the web site with all the information Church Street Models, Basingstoke's in-town model shop. Click here for the link to their website. Hampshire Models , Basingstoke's out of town model shop. Click here for the link to their website. |
External links to the photographic efforts of current and past society members. | ||
| Website | Design and Maintenance | ||
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This
site was created
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late
Chris Cullingham
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has been revised and maintained by Members of the Society |
