This week (24th February – 2nd March 2025)

This weekend is a Work Weekend

Looking for a good excuse to get out of the house? Maybe some exercise? Want to try volunteering?

If yes is the answer – why not join us for our Work Weekends, they are held every fortnight until the end of March, and will carry out essential maintenance and repairs to the locomotives, carriages, buildings etc. We have a lot of work to get done so the more people that can help, the more work that can be undertaken.

We will be working at Kemsley Down this weekend, 10am-4pm both days. Free car parking is available at the DS Smith Kemsley Paper Mill car park where we will then collect you and drive you to Kemsley Down as foot access and unaccompanied access is prohibited in the paper mill site (this needs to be pre-arranged so please email info@sklr.net to arrange). Please bring your own lunch.

Everyone at the Railway is a volunteer so we know your time is valuable, we also have ‘behind the scenes’ tasks that need to be undertaken.

For more information and to arrange pick-up at Kemsley Mill, Sittingbourne National Rail or Sittingbourne Viaduct stations, please email info@sklr.net

Find us on social media

Here’s the full list:

  • Bluesky
  • Facebook (where we have a page and a group)
  • Instagram
  • Threads
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • YouTube

We can be found as @SandKLR on all those networks.

So like and follow us on your favourite social media platform to keep abreast of what is going on at Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway.

What’s on this month?

  • Saturday 1st March – Work Weekend – Kemsley Down & Sittingbourne Viaduct, 10am until 4pm
  • Sunday 2nd March – Work Weekend – Kemsley Down, 10am until 4pm
  • Saturday 8th – Operation Sittingbourne – Sittingbourne Viaduct, 9.30am onwards
  • Sunday 9th – Operation Sittingbourne – Sittingbourne Viaduct, 9.30am onwards
  • Saturday 15th March – Work Weekend – Kemsley Down, 10am until 4pm
  • Sunday 16th March – Work Weekend – Kemsley Down, 10am until 4pm
  • Saturday 29th March – Work Weekend – Kemsley Down, 10am until 4pm
  • Sunday 30th March – Work Weekend – Kemsley Down, 10am until 4pm

What’s on next month (April)?

  • Sunday 6th – Green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 13th – Green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Friday 18th – Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm – Good Friday Flowers:
  • Saturday 19th – Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 20th – Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Monday 21st – Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 27th – Green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm