Grovehurst Dockside Miniature Railway

The Grovehurst Dockside Miniature Railway runs parallel to the Saxon Shore Way and the Milton Creek fence-line at Kemsley Down. It’s station, Creekside, is located behind the Footplate Café, close to the pedestrian entrance to the Railway.

This isn’t the first 5-inch gauge ride-on railway at this location, there was one here before from the late-1990s through to the Railway’s temporary closure in 2008.

The locomotive, coaches and track are all new. The locomotive is named ‘Lily’. The name has been chosen to commemorate Lil Chisman who was a long-time member of the Railway with her husband Keith. Sadly, Lil and her husband Keith have since passed away.

The section that has opened represents three years of work and £4,000 investment by individual members. The Railway has not paid for this new attraction. It will, like the Railway, be operated by volunteers – if you are interested in helping, please email sales@sklr.net

The photographs below show the GDMR during construction and in operation

The new 5-inch gauge battery-electric locomotive shortly after delivery in September 2016

Creekside station, Christmas 2016

The line, Christmas 2016. It was found that the ballast was not stable enough to support the track with trains passing over it so a new solution was required

Roger Dilley formally opens the railway as Iain Embleton looks on