This Saturday is the first day of the 2017 operating season - the first train is at 1130, and then every half hour until 4pm. It's looking to be a great year; we're celebrating the centenary of our favourite steam loco - "Stanhope" - at the May Gala, and we have the first-ever Diesel Gala in October. We're running every Saturday now until October, plus Bank Holiday Mondays and some Sundays. Visit herefor the full timetable. Fares are unchanged at just £2.50 adults, £1.50 kids - what's not to like? Come on down and enjoy a train ride down the Valley.
The Trust's aim is to build a museum and a railway to display its collection of industrial narrow gauge equipment that has been gathered from various industries around the UK in the last 30 years, and in doing so we aim to educate and entertain both the general public and the railway enthusiast.
The Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway is an unusual aspect of British Industrial Heritage that is now almost extinct. These small, self-contained railway systems were often hidden away from the general public and served such diverse industries as brickmaking, sewage works, munitions factories, mines, civil engineering and many more.
This Saturday is the first day of the 2017 operating season - the first train is at 1130, and then every half hour until 4pm. It's looking to be a great year; we're celebrating the centenary of our favourite steam loco - "Stanhope" - at the May Gala, and we have the first-ever Diesel Gala in October. We're running every Saturday now until October, plus Bank Holiday Mondays and some Sundays. Visit here for the full timetable. Fares are unchanged at just £2.50 adults, £1.50 kids - what's not to like? Come on down and enjoy a train ride down the Valley.
