The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway

We are now closed until December/Easter

After last weekend’s amazing Steam, Diesel & Electric Gala Weekend, we are now closed until Santa Specials and then we will be closed again until the 2027 Season starts on Good Friday.

Tickets must be purchased in advance for Santa Specials. Advanced tickets are purchased through TicketSource so an additional booking fee is added to the purchase. Advanced bookings close at 5pm the day before travel. There is also a telephone booking line available – call 0333 666 3366 (local rate call).

 

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Welcome to Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway

This unique line was built in 1905 for the transportation of the raw materials required for the manufacture of paper and, of course, the finished product.

The line which is built to a gauge of 2′ 6″, continues to use the steam engines and rolling stock that were supplied to operate the railway in its working life prior to preservation in 1969.

How many other railways can claim that they operate the original engines on part of the original line with original rolling stock? The staff are not original but are all volunteers and new members are always welcome.

Wherever you see orange text this is a shortcut to another part of the website or other media, for example, to visit the Away Sales Events page click on the orange text. There are also buttons which take you directly to the page shown.

To find out what’s happening this week see the Latest News section on the right of this page or subscribe to our newsletter.

Check out our series of very short videos showing you ‘What to expect…’ 

Please note that our postcode for Sat. Nav. users is  ME10 2XD – click here for directions to Sittingbourne Viaduct station. The car park’s what3words address is: format.fits.trains

Group travel and private hire can be arranged in advance, follow the shortcuts or email info@sklr.net or call 01795 424899.

We will try to run to the timetable, on the days shown and use steam locomotives but reserve the right to change these for operational reasons, without notice.

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Future events (click on the images to jump to that page)

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We are currently running these fundraising campaigns:

• Let’s put the B back in Superb. – we are fundraising to repair and reinstall Superb’s boiler
• Milton Regis Viaduct Appeal – we are fundraising to pay for the annual maintenance of the Viaduct. This now costs the Railway £25-30,000 every year and comes from fares, sales and catering and this fund-raising appeal
• the SOS Campaign is raising money to improve facilities at Sittingbourne Viaduct station – we are now raising money for a new platform
• the Alpha Fund to raise money to cosmetically restore Alpha ahead of full restoration.

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We have received £26,500 from the Government’s #HereForCulture fund to improve Sittingbourne Viaduct station – find out more here.

June 2026 at Sittingbourne's Steam Railway

June 2026 at Sittingbourne's Steam Railway