This week (27th March – 2nd April)

The Railway is closed until Good Friday, 14th April, however that does not mean that nothing’s happening!

Next weekend is a Work Weekend – everyone’s welcome to come along and help out at the Railway.

Due to essential maintenance work to Milton Regis Viaduct there will be no Works Trains for the remaining Work Weekends – instead please park close to the entrance in Kemsley Paper Mill Car Park at 9.45am for a 10am pick up. 

Please do not attempt to access the Railway on foot or by car without the required security passes.

If you are arriving by train or would like to access the Railway on foot via the Saxon Shore Way please email volunteer@sklr.net to arrange.

Work continues on projects throughout the year so the Work Weekends are not the only way to help out – our track gang, for example, work every Sunday and Wednesday so there’s often someone working on the Railway – to offer assistance on a non-Work Weekend day, please email volunteer@sklr.net

Don’t forget that we are currently raising money to buy stays for steam locomotive ‘Premier’ and our first podcast of the new series – Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway Podcast is available here, at iTunes or You Tube. The best way to listen to it is through the Sittingbourne’s Steam Railway Podcast App which is available from your app store – you will receive bonus features too; such as monthly calendar pages and videos.

You can now download our timetable leaflet – SKLR Timetable 2017.

This month (April):

• Saturday 8th – Work Weekend – Works Train departs at 10am and returns at about 4pm
• Sunday 9th – Work Weekend – Works Train departs at 10am and returns at about 4pm
• Friday 14th – Good Friday, the first day of the season and the first of Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm – passengers will be able to pot a plant to take home with them
• Saturday 15th – Easter Saturday, day two of Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm
• Sunday 16th – Easter Sunday, day three of Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm – there will be an Easter Egg Hunt at Kemsley Down
• Monday 17th – Easter Monday. the last day of Four Days of Steam – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm
• Sunday 23rd – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 1-4pm
• Sunday 30th – Jack the Station Cat and Edward Bear Weekend – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm – there will be a mouse hunt at Kemsley Down plus other activities for children

Next month:

• Monday 1st – Jack the Station Cat and Edward Bear Weekend – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm – there will be a mouse hunt at Kemsley Down plus other activities for children. A new Jack the Station Cat book will be launched at the Railway on this day of the event
• Sunday 7th – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 1-4pm
• Sunday 14th – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 1-4pm
• Sunday 21st – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 1-4pm
• Sunday 28th – Teddy Bears Picnic – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm – children with teddy bears travel free
• Monday 29th – trains depart Sittingbourne Viaduct station hourly 11am-4pm