Historical Line Societies
Q3 2026
July to September 2026
Note this calendar is based on information provided as at 18 June 2026. As full details of meetings are not always published a full quarter in advance, up-dates to this calendar will occur periodically. Note Societies often change their events, often on little notice.
- Brighton Circle
Tri-annual Journal ’The Brighton Circular’ (Summer 2026) due out soon
- Caledonian Railway Association
Quarterly Journal ’True Lines’ (July 2026) due out soon
Talk season finished - resumes in Autumn
- Cumbrian Railways Association
Quarterly Magazine ‘Cumbrian Railways Journal’ (August 2026) due out soon
- Friends of Stockton and Darlington Railway
Tri-annual Journal ’The Globe’ (August 2026) due out soon
Member meetings usually held on the first Thursday of the month, save January and August, and the AGM in November is usually a Saturday
- Glasgow and South Western Railway Association
Annual Journal, ‘Sou’ West Journal’ is now out
Talk season finished - resumes in Autumn
- Great Central Railway Society
Quarterly Journal ’Forward’ (June 2026) now out
GCRS Sheffield Branch
(Venue for all Talks and Events: Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield)
(Starts 7.30pm)
Thursday 2 July: Walk
Canal walk from Kiveton Park to Turnerwood and back. Meet at station car park at 18:15.
Thursday 3 September
Talk: ‘Alongside the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway - some lesser known views'
Presented by David Charlesworth
- Great Eastern Railway Society
Quarterly Magazine ‘Great Eastern Journal’ (Summer 2026) now out
Quarterly Newsletter ‘Great Eastern News’ (Summer 2026) now out
Zoom meetings for members also held periodically
- Great North of Scotland Railway Association
Quarterly Journal ’The Great North Review’ (August 2026) due out soon
- Great Northern Railway Society
Newsletter: ’Great Northern News’ (July/ August 2026) due out soon
- Great Western Society
Society Quarterly Magazine ‘Great Western Echo’ (Summer 2026) due out soon
Great Western Society -Bristol Local Group
(Venue for all Bristol Talks: BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, starts 7.45pm)
Talks resume in September
- Great Western Society - Taunton Local Group
Venue for all meetings: Stoke St Mary Village Hall, near Taunton TA3 5BY, starts 7.30pm
Friday 17 July
Talk: ‘Here There and Everywhere’
Presented by Ian Boskett
Friday 21 August
Talk: ‘A Cornish Boy in Somerset’
Presented by Peter Triggs
Friday 18 September
Talk: ‘Where and What is it’
Presented by Ian Bennett
- Great Western Study Group
Saturday 27 June
Open and Members Day, starts 10am
Venue: Didcot Civic Centre, all welcome, free entry.
- Highland Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘Highland Railway Journal’ (Summer 2026) now due out
‘AGM and Gathering’ usually held in September
- Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Society
Quarterly journal ‘Magazine’ (Summer 2026) now out
- The LNER Society
Quarterly magazine ‘The LNER Society ‘Journal’ (Summer 2026) now due out
- London & North Western Railway Society
Quarterly magazine ‘LNWR Society Journal’ (June 2026) now out
Open Days: Usually on Wednesdays and one Saturday a month
Venue: Study Centre Building, 35 Vine Street, Coventry CV1 5NH
- London Underground Railway Society
Monthly magazine ‘Underground News’ (July 2026) now due out
Tuesday 7 July
Talk: ‘Photographing the London Underground - The Relentless Pursuit’
Presented by Jason Cross
Venue: Gallery at Alan Baxter, 77 Cowcross Street, London, starts 6.30pm
Tuesday 2 September
Talk Subject: To be advised
Presented by : to be advised
Venue: Gallery at Alan Baxter, 77 Cowcross Street, London, starts 6.30pm
- M&GN Circle
Monthly Newsletter ‘The Bulletin’ (June 2026) now out
- Midland Railway Society
Tri-annual magazine ‘Midland Railway Society Journal’ now due out
- Monmouthshire Railway Society
Bi-annual magazine ‘Journal’ (March 2026) now out
Autumn speaker programme not yet released.
- North British Railway Study Group
Tri-annual magazine ‘Journal’ (July 2026) due out soon
- North Eastern Railway Association
Quarterly magazine ‘North Eastern Express’ (May 2026) now out
Saturday 5 September: Talk (Darlington meeting)
Talk: ‘Teesdale Tracks and Derailed Dukes’
Presented by Chris Lloyd
Venue: Hopetown Darlington, McNay Street, Darlington, DL3 6SW
Starts 2pm
- North Staffordshire Railway Study Group
Bi-annual magazine ‘Journal’ now out
Quarterly Newsletter ‘Loop Lines’ (July 2026) due out soon
- Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust
Quarterly Magazine ‘Pines Express’ (Summer 2026) due out soon
- South Eastern & Chatham Railway Society
Bi-annual Magazine ‘Invicta’ now out
- South Western Circle
Quarterly Magazine ‘South Western Circular’ (July 2026) due out soon
Saturday 12 September
Talk: ‘The Puffing Billy of the Hedgerows: the politics of the Somerset & Dorset railway closure, ca 1951-1967’
Presented by Coilin Duvall
Venue: The Mint Methodist Church, in Rowe Hall, Fore St, Exeter. EX4 3AT
Starts 1.30pm
- Southern Railways Group
Quarterly newsletter ‘Southern Notebook’ (Summer 2026) is now out
Saturday 11 July
Visit and Tour
Kent and East Sussex Railway
- Including visit to Colonel Stephens Museum and carriage workshops and possibly engine shed
Saturday 12 September
Society Open Day and Annual General Meeting
Venue: Cornerstone Centre, Camphill Road, West Byfleet
Duration: 12 noon to 5pm
- Welsh Railways Research Circle
Bi-annual magazine ‘Welsh Railways Archive’ (April 2026) now out
Tuesday 14 July
Archiving Day at Rhiwderin Community Centre, Rhiwderin, Newport NP10 8RL
Tuesday 14th July
Visit: To Barry Depot, Transport for Wales
Thursday 30th July
Visit: To Barry Depot, Transport for Wales
Tuesday 18 August
Archiving Day at Rhiwderin Community Centre, Rhiwderin, Newport NP10 8RL
Wednesday 19 August: Walk
Newport City Centre Railway Walk
Tuesday 22 September
Archiving Day at Rhiwderin Community Centre, Rhiwderin, Newport NP10 8RL