If you are a photographer, aged 18 or over, you are welcome to take photographs from the lineside provided you hold a current annual lineside photography pass.  The railway regrets that for reasons of safety management we no longer issue day passes.

Annual lineside passes are valid from 1^st February to 31^st January of the following year and cost £50 for non-members and £25 for members of the railway.  Passes can be applied for in advance of the start of the year and continually throughout the year, however all passes will expire at the end of the following January regardless of the time of purchase. 

You will notice that it is cheaper to join the railway and buy a members pass and membership also brings other benefits such as one free journey per year, the railway's magazine and the ability to volunteer is you so wish.

For details of membership, please click here.

When you apply for your lineside photography pass you will receive an instruction sheet detailing where you may or may not photograph on the railway, a copy of the railway's PTS (Personal Track Safety) booklet, a photography pass card and an orange high visibility tabard (printed with the words GWSR Photographer and the year for which it is valid).  For more details on obtaining a lineside pass please contact us or download a Lineside Photographic Pass application form.

Click here to download the Lineside Pass application form.