Dartmouth Update
Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company’s statement relating to coronavirus.
Supporting the preservation and operation of paddle steamers Waverley and Kingswear Castle
Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company’s statement relating to coronavirus.
On 22 June 2019, Wessex & Dart Branch again took advantage of one of the ‘promotional cruises’ agreed when KC returned to the Dart.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company has published the Paddle Steamer’s timetable for 2019. The season runs from 25 May to 30 September.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company has just published its Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle timetable for 2018.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company has just published the 2017 timetable for the Society’s coal-fired river paddler, Kingswear Castle.
The Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company has published the Timetable and Fares for PS Kingswear Castle in 2015 and details may be found here.
On 11th December the paddle steamer Kingswear Castle left the Medway, under tow (by the tug Christine) bound for the river Dart, where she was built in 1924 and plied her trade running river trips, until 1965. She made good progress down channel in good conditions. With strong southerly winds forecast, she put into Portland Harbour to…
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Kingswear Castle is set to return to the River Dart on a 15 year charter by Dart Pleasure Craft in association with the Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company. Kingswear Castle has operated successfully on the River Medway and Thames Estuary since 1985 and it is 47 years since she last sailed her home waters.…
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