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 . 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 quality speakers including some of our own members. 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. |
12th March 2025 Prince of Wales Brand New Steam for 21st Century with Chris Hardy Following the successof Tornado, the A1 Steam Locomotive Trust gives a presentation on the second build project to build a Gresley P2 class. Both locos are based on the original designs, but adapted to the modern railway, making them genuine next in class locos.
26th March 2025 Steam Photo Charters with Steve Bigley The emphasis is on Photo. The point of the charter is to go to various locations along a line (ie Mid-Hants) and photograph the train and locomotive in action in various settings.The organiser has more or less "carte blanche" on location and runpast.
9th April 2025 Swiss Standard Gauge with Neil Kearns A presentation of Swiss standard gauge in the 1980's, 2013 and 2023. It will include a number of rail tours in the 1980's including an international one and a steam railcar on a private line near Zurich. Industrial steam serving a brewery and steelworks will be included.
23rd April 2025 BDRS trip to York and environs with Tony Wright. A presentation of the BDRS trip to York during May 2024.
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 March 2025 |
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Departing Basingstoke, having arrived via Reading and a reversal in platform 4, Rail Operation Group Europhoenix liveried Class 37 510 Orion brings up the rear of 5Z87 Derby RTC to Wimbledon Park train care depot on 17th February. Class 37 901 Mirrlees Pioneer was in the lead. The working included two barrier coaches and was to pick up stock from Wimbledon. The following day, the pair formed 7Q99 taking the stock from Wimbledon to storage at Long Marston.. Photograph by Andy Fewster.
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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
by
the
late
Chris Cullingham
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has been revised and maintained by Members of the Society |
