16th Jul 2019
Dear Members and Shareholders Please note that we will have to delay this years AGM from 14th September to a date later in the year to be confirmed. As yet, we have been unable to finalise the accounts for Mid Hants Railway ...
3rd Jul 2019
In February 2018, MHRPS introduced a new scheme for collecting online charity donations called MyDonate, operated by BT. This has proven to be very successful for MHRPS – in round numbers, during the last 17 months we have received 400 donations from 190 different people, amounting ...
20th Jun 2019
19 June 2019 The world’s favourite blue tank engine will be putting smiles on children’s faces across the region as the hugely popular Day Out With Thomas returns to the Watercress Line this summer. The heritage railway will play host ...
14th Jun 2019
The Watercress Line’s National Lottery Heritage Fund supported Canadian Pacific restoration project has spent £46,000 to improve the visitor experience at its Ropley station. The improvements include new interpretation panels, to be installed in the viewing galleries and outside around ...
11th Jun 2019
MHRPS has won a £1,000 Movement for Good award thanks to nominations from the public. MHRPS was nominated to win a £1,000 boost as part of specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Movement for Good awards, which is giving £1million to charities this ...
24th May 2019
24 May 2019 This June marks the start of the 75th anniversary of D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy and with it, a momentous occasion to commemorate peace, liberty and reconciliation at Hampshire’s heritage railway. Travel back in time at ...
22nd May 2019
LAUNCH DATE: Sunday 2nd June (subject to change if anything untoward is discovered). Click here to book tickets 18 years ago in 2001 the last fire was dropped from 30506. There followed a couple of years of negotiations for new contracts with the ...
1st May 2019
We are always pleased to receive your donations towards the preservation of the Mid Hants Railway, but here's an opportunity for you to contribute without needing to make a financial donation... We’d be really grateful if you could nominate ...
25th Apr 2019
The Watercress Line will transform itself into a bustling Second World War railway on 15th-16th June for its War on the Line event, which this year will also mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. The event promises to ...
3rd Apr 2019
To celebrate the return of the Alresford Music Festival on 8th June, the Watercress Line has teamed up with organisers to offer its passengers the chance to make the most of the festival weekend, while saving almost 30% off standard ticket prices, when ...
20th Mar 2019
Families from across Hampshire will have the chance to meet the world’s favourite little blue tank engine this Easter, when Day Out With Thomas returns to the Watercress Line for 10 days from 13th - 22nd April 2019. New this year, ...
18th Mar 2019
West Country Buffet Customer Assistant PART TIME FLEXIBLE - hours to suit. Includes weekends. Must be 16+ years old only. Start Monday 1st April Come and join a great team working in our revamped buffet, in a unique location! For job information and ...
6th Mar 2019
The Mid Hants Railway is a ten mile stretch of preserved steam railway, affectionately known as the ‘Watercress Line’. The Railway is a voluntary organisation, supported by a core team of paid staff, which aims to preserve, maintain, and operate ...
4th Mar 2019
Round up your friends and head to the Watercress Line for a cheerful pub experience with a unique twist on the heritage railway’s Real Ale Train, or RAT as it is more affectionately known, taking place on various dates throughout ...
27th Feb 2019
Meet the world’s favourite little blue tank engine at the Watercress Line this Easter, when the hugely popular Day Out with Thomas event returns to the heritage railway from 13th - 22nd April 2019, featuring an array of exciting activities for ...
7th Feb 2019
The Watercress Line has announced the first heritage locomotives to appear at its upcoming Spring Steam Gala on 8-10 March 2019, the ex-London Transport Pannier Tank L92 and the No. 300 Frank S. Ross in Longmoor Military Railway Lined Blue. The ex-London Transport Pannier ...