A special volunteer recruitment weekend at Shillingstone Station is being held on August 7 and 8.


North Dorset Railway have huge work plans during the next three years and need more volunteers to lend a hand with all sorts of tasks at Shillingstone Station, either for just a few hours or one day a week.

John Collington said: “Tasks include serving in our cafe, attending to our award-winning gardens, maintaining and painting the station. Our restoration work on rolling stock is a constant requirement and take up many hours of work. If you have any previous railway experience, there is more skilled work available.”

“We also require more administrative and technical volunteers as we gear up to become operational. We have several sub-committees including the museum, signalling, training, visitors experience, finance, events and planning.”

Anyone interested is invited to come along on Saturday, August 7 or Sunday, August 8 between 11am and 4pm and see the volunteers hard at work on a wide range of projects. For more information, go to northdorsetrailway.co.uk or the Facebook page at Facebook S&D JR Shillingstone.
The entrance is at the end of Shillingstone, opposite the Co-op. Shillingstone Station café and shop will be open boasting the gardens and views over Hambledon Hill.

John added: “Oh, and bring the sun along too if you can!”

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