This week (29th April – 6th May 2024)

It’s a bank holiday weekend!

Trains will be running on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday, departing Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Trains return at 12.05pm, 1.35pm, 2.35pm, 3.35pm & 4.45pm – note there is a long wait at Kemsley Down between the 12.05pm departure and the 1.35pm train.

Jack the Station Cat Day

A massive thank you to everyone who braved the weather last Sunday for our Jack the Station Cat Day and to our volunteers including Roger Dilley who read and signed them. There was also a mouse hunt and crafting sessions.

The Railway launched of the latest book – ‘Jack The Station Cat Sorts it Out’. This series of books for children aged 5-8 years are very reasonably priced at £2.95 each, available from our Railway Shop, and we have limited numbers of copies of the earlier books in the series.

For this event we renamed Sittingbourne Viaduct as ‘Tails End’ and Kemsley Down becomes ‘Much Purring’ as these station feature in the books – our railway has also appeared in past books.

 

What’s happening?

Click on the image to see our timetable leaflet

This month

  • Sunday 5th – orange timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 11.30am, 12.30pm then 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Please note: there is a long gap between the 12.30pm departure and 1.35pm train back
  • Monday 6th – orange timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 11.30am, 12.30pm then 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Please note: there is a long gap between the 12.30pm departure and 1.35pm train back
  • Sunday 12th – Centenary Day – check website for timetable
  • Sunday 19th – green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 26th – orange timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 11.30am, 12.30pm then 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Please note: there is a long gap between the 12.30pm departure and 1.35pm train back
  • Monday 27th – orange timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 11.30am, 12.30pm then 2pm, 3pm & 4pm. Please note: there is a long gap between the 12.30pm departure and 1.35pm train back
  • Wednesday 29th – green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm

Next month (June)

  • Sunday 2nd – green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 9th – green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 16th – green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Sunday 23rd – green timetable – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm & 4pm
  • Saturday 29th – Steam & Beer (and diesel!) – timetable to be confirmed – trains from 11am until 10pm (special fares apply for this event)
  • Sunday 30th – Steam & Beer (and diesel!) – timetable to be confirmed – trains from 11am until 6pm (special fares apply for this event)

On days in bold underline, ‘Premier’ is scheduled to be the locomotive of the day.

On days in bold italics, ‘Melior’ is scheduled to be the locomotive of the day.

On days in bold, ‘Premier’ and one of our diesel locomotives will be hauling trains.

Fares

Here are the return fares:

A limited number of tickets are available for pre-booking on each train from Sittingbourne Viaduct – click on the button below or call the TicketSource hotline on 0333 663366. There is no need to pre-book, this option is for those who feel more secure having done so. There is a small booking fee for booking through TicketSource.

Future events (click on the images to find out more)

Photo of the Week

Here’s Jack the Station Cat posing with ‘Melior’ on Jack’s Express at Much Purring last Sunday.

 

Find out more…

To find out more about the Railway – visit our website (www.sklr.net), 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