Celebrating 200 years of rail travel with a set of uniquely designed limited edition postcards for you to collect to win Special Railway 200 prizes.
Take the train to any of the First Class Destinations on the Salisbury to Exeter Railway Line, and travel by bus, bicycle or on foot to the villages and towns in North Dorset along the old Somerset and Dorset Railway Line.
Collect your FREE postcards from any of the participating stations, station cafes, Rail Ale Trail pubs, museums, libraries, art galleries, garden centres, heritage and information centres, independent bookshop (Axminster) and heritage railways.
If you don’t see the postcards on display, just ask at the counter.
Visit any of the participating stations and destinations to collect different postcards.
139 to collect in the whole set at over 130 different collection points.
Tisbury, Gillingham, Templecombe, Sherborne, Yeovil Junction, Crewkerne, Axminster, Honiton, Feniton, Cranbrook, Whimple, Pinhoe, Exeter St Davids, and the cities of Salisbury and Exeter. Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Shillingstone, Stourpaine, Blandford and Spetisbury and Henstridge in Somerset and Wareham Station in Dorset.
There is a variety of ways to collect your FREE postcards and claim prizes.
How It Works
Collect 8 different postcards, different locations to claim a FREE first-class Railway 200 Water Bottle.
(Send us a copy of your rail/travel tickets and an image of all eight postcards collected.)
Collect 6 selfies from Friends and Families across the globe. Post your postcards to six different recipients around the world in exchange for a selfie holding the postcard with a view of the new destination in the background. Collect six different selfies and send them to us to claim your FREE exclusive RUCKSACK made especially to celebrate Railway 200. (Verification required in the form of 6 selfie images collected)
Collect 20 different postcards to claim a FREE Railway 200 RUCKSACK made especially to celebrate Railway 200. (Send us a copy of your rail/travel tickets and an image showing all twenty postcards collected)
How To Claim Prizes
Email an image of all of your collected postcards with an image of the application form to crp@blackmorevaletrains.com
Or Post your application form and an image of your postcards to:
Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership
School of Geography
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
PLYMOUTH
PL4 8AA.
Download Application Form & Leaflet
Download the application form by clicking the button below.
Application Form & LeafletTerms & Conditions
Offer valid while stocks last. Please allow 28 days for delivery and keep a copy of your claim, One application for a water bottle and a rucksack per person.
Participating Stations, Station Cafes, Pubs & Venues
Stations and locations may have up to six or more postcards found at six different locations at that destination and collected by following the treasure trail and visiting the various places involved in the scheme such as stations, station cafés, Rail Ale Trail pubs, museums, libraries, local cafes etc. A full list of all of the participating venues can be downloaded by clicking on the button below.
List Of Venues
Travel Routes
Salisbury To Exeter Railway & Heritage Railways Along The Route
Salisbury to Exeter route on the West of England Line calling at Salisbury, Tisbury, Shaftesbury (via bus link from Gillingham Station), Gillingham (Dorset), Templecombe, Sherborne,Yeovil Junction, Crewkerne, Axminster, Honiton, Feniton, Whimple Cranbrook, Pinhoe, Exeter Central and Exeter St Davids.
And Wareham Station on the Weymouth to London Waterloo Line.
Heritage Railways: Gartell Light Railway, Common Lane, Yenston is a short 25 minute walk from Templecombe Station, along the partially paved A357. NB: Open to the public on selected dates only
Yeovil Railway Centre is just a five-minute walk down the lane from Yeovil Junction.
North Dorset Trailway Network
Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Shillingstone, Stourpaine, Blandford and Spetisbury, destinations which were stations and halts along the old Somerset and Dorset Railway. Today the old railway line has been transformed into a fabulous walking route - from rail to trail - known as the North Dorset Trailway.
Learn More“The North Dorset Trailway now extends approximately 14 miles from Sturminster Newton to Spetisbury, with a section in Stalbridge we aim to link with, providing a safe route for walkers, runners, cyclists, equestrians and people with mobility scooters. The Trailway is largely made up of sections of the old Somerset and Dorset Railway which linked Bristol and Bournemouth until the 1960s.”