This week (21st-27th October 2024)

Operation Sittingbourne

Tremendous start with Operation Sittingbourne – our project to replace the platform at Sittingbourne Viaduct station. The old platform has been dismantled and will be redeployed to provide a border around the lower area and the new platform is moving apace.

A massive thank you and well done to all of the volunteers who have moved the project forward so quickly, more help is always welcome as many hands make light work – so please come to Sittingbourne Viaduct station and help us build the new platform before Santa returns to the Railway in December. Click here to visit the Operation Sittingbourne page for more information.

What’s happening?

This month (October)

We will be working at Sittingbourne Viaduct station from about 10am until about 4pm on the following dates:

Next month (November)

We will be working at Sittingbourne Viaduct station from about 10am until about 4pm on the following dates:

Santa Specials

Santa Specials are booking fast – one train is fully booked and four others are more than 50% full:

  • Saturday 7th December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
  • Sunday 8th December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
  • Saturday 14th December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
  • Sunday 15th December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
  • Saturday 21st December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
  • Sunday 22nd December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm
  • Monday 23rd December – 11am, 12pm, 2pm & 3pm

Bold green – more than 50% of seats available

Bold, italic, underlined orange – less than 50% available

Plain, red strike-through – train sold out (there is a waitlist per train available through TicketSource)

Plain, grey – the 12pm and 3pm trains are currently not for sale as they are being reserved for large group bookings (such as Rainbows or Beavers), remaining seats will be available for sale from 1st November.

Tickets cost £16 for everyone aged over 3 years and £10 for under 3s.

Photo of the Week

Operation Sittingbourne is transforming the station, with a new ramped access from the ticket office to the platform, when the Santa Specials start running, this will be the route to the train. It will have a concrete surface by then!

Find out more…

To find out more about the Railway – visit our website (www.sklr.net), call 01795 424899, see our page on Facebook, or find us on X (formerly known as Twitter), Threads or Instagram or Tumblr as @SandKLR. To contact us, email info@sklr.net or call 01795 424899.

We now have a new telephone system – you can be connected straight through to TicketSource to book tickets over the phone, listen to a talking timetable message or leave a message for one of our volunteers to get back to you if you would like to know about group bookings, footplate experiences, private hire, birthday parties etc. (details are also available on the website) – all by calling 01795 424899.

 

Travel information

We recommend using a live journey planner such as Google Maps due to the large number of road works in the area.

For more information on key closures of the M25 for the Wisley Interchange works click here and for more information on the A249/M2 interchange works at Stockbury Roundabout click here.