MRLG (MInehead Rail Link Group) is a campaign headed up by Alex de Mendoza and David Latimer for a rail service from Minehead and West Somerset to Taunton, Bristol and Cardiff. David is a former British Rail and GWR staff member and was a rep for the RMT (The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers).

Minehead Railway Station History

• Minehead Railway Station
• Was closed in 1971 under the Beeching act.
• WSR – West Somerset Railway re-opend it and ran its first train to Bishops Lydeard in December 1975
• At 20 miles it’s the longest privately owned passenger rail line in Britain.

To find out more about the campaign click on this link http://www.mineheadraillinkgroup.org.uk/

The MLRG also has a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Mineheadraillink/