Spa Valley Railway - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Spa Valley Railway - Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent A lovely day out for you and your family. Take a journey through stunning countryside at our wonderful heritage railway. A total distance of 5 1/4 miles.
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Steam and Heritage Diesel Trains throughout the year between Tunbridge Wells West and Eridge calling at the delightful High Rocks and tranquil village of Groombridge.

21/06/2026

Whilst it hasn’t seen much use recently, Class 207 DEMU 1317 is in working order and we’ll announce a few running days soon. The unit was run up briefly earlier to bring it into the yard ahead of some work later this week.

The restoration of the Centre Car continues but we have no date for a return to service yet.

Sunday 21st June - KIDS GO FREE!Why not bring Dad for a train ride this Fathers Day! We’re open with 34053 and 31430 hau...
21/06/2026

Sunday 21st June - KIDS GO FREE!

Why not bring Dad for a train ride this Fathers Day! We’re open with 34053 and 31430 hauling our trains.

Tunbridge Wells West departures: 10:00, 11:15, 12:45 & 15:30.

Eridge departures: 10:35, 11:50, 13:20 & 16:05.

Tunbridge Wells West to Groombridge only departure: 14:00.

For any passengers who travelled with us last night, we apologise the performance part of our Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience was unable to be completed.

A member of the cast injured themselves during one of the scenes and required medical attention. We understand they are ok and we will be in touch in the next few days regarding your options.

www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk

Information for visitors this evening who are using our train and visiting local pubs and taking photos in the surroundi...
20/06/2026

Information for visitors this evening who are using our train and visiting local pubs and taking photos in the surrounding fields.

Due to a medical emergency on our 19:00 service from Tunbridge Wells West has returned there immediately.

A steam only departure to Groombridge will leave Tunbridge Wells West at 20:10, run around and return immediately.

This will be followed by a diesel hauled departure (with steam on the rear) to Eridge from Tunbridge Wells West at 21:10, and then departing from Eridge at 21:45.

Customers travelling with us this evening, we are sorry your Faulty Towers Dining Experience has been cut short. Our food service will continue and we’ll be in touch immediately with future rebooking options.

In a change to our planned operations, we are open today from 12:00 until 22:00. We are operating our 12:45, 14:00 and 1...
20/06/2026

In a change to our planned operations, we are open today from 12:00 until 22:00.

We are operating our 12:45, 14:00 and 15:30 services from Tunbridge Wells West and our 13:20, 14:35 and 16:05 services from Eridge.

If you wish to stay later we are open this evening too with further departures from Tunbridge Wells West to Eridge at 19:00 and 20:40.

Rostered locomotives are Bulleid Pacific 34053 ‘Sir Keith Park’ and Class 31/4 31430 ‘Sister Dora’.

‼️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ‼️ If you are planning to visit on Saturday, 20th June, please note that the 10:00 and 11:15 de...
18/06/2026

‼️ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ‼️

If you are planning to visit on Saturday, 20th June, please note that the 10:00 and 11:15 departures from Tunbridge Wells West and the 10:35 and 11:50 departures from Eridge are CANCELLED.

This is due to an unfortunate shortage of volunteers required to operate the railway.

However, we are able to open from 12:00 and our 12:45, 14:00 and 15:30 services from Tunbridge Wells West and our 13:20, 14:35 and 16:05 services from Eridge will operate as planned.

If you wish to stay later we are operating all evening too with further departures from Tunbridge Wells West to Eridge at 19:00 and 20:40.

We are sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment this may cause.

Rostered locomotives are Bulleid Pacific 34053 ‘Sir Keith Park’ and Class 31/4 31430 ‘Sister Dora’.

Wednesday Wanderings!Class 207 DEMU 1307 arrives at Eridge on 1st May 1984. 📷 Southern Reg
17/06/2026

Wednesday Wanderings!

Class 207 DEMU 1307 arrives at Eridge on 1st May 1984.

📷 Southern Reg

Train services on Saturday, 6th and Sunday, 7th June!Due to Network Rail engineering works between Birchden Junction and...
03/06/2026

Train services on Saturday, 6th and Sunday, 7th June!

Due to Network Rail engineering works between Birchden Junction and Eridge, our services cannot operate beyond Groombridge this weekend. Instead, our green timetable remains in place, but trains won’t operate between Groombridge and Eridge.

Tunbridge Wells West departures: 10:00, 11:15, 12:45, 14:00 and 15:30.
Groombridge departures: 10:46, 12:01, 13:31, 14:46 and 16:16.

Bulleid Pacific 34053 'Sir Keith Park' is rostered for all trips except the 14:00 from Tunbridge Wells West, which will be hauled by Class 09 09004.

📸 Steve Lee

Passengers enjoyed a tasty freshly prepared Ploughman's lunch on board dining carriages hauled by Caledonian Railways 82...
31/05/2026

Passengers enjoyed a tasty freshly prepared Ploughman's lunch on board dining carriages hauled by Caledonian Railways 828 at Tunbridge Wells West today 🚂

A big thank you goes to our dedicated volunteers for making all our dining experiences possible. 👏

To book the next Ploughman's Lunch train on June 21st at 12:45 just visit our website where you can also see all the dining train experiences which are available to book for 2026 😀

https://spavalleyrailway.co.uk/events/ploughmans-lunch/

🟦 Thank you to Sonic Rail Services! 🟦 The Spa Valley Railway wishes to extend an enormous and heartfelt thank you to Ste...
25/05/2026

🟦 Thank you to Sonic Rail Services! 🟦

The Spa Valley Railway wishes to extend an enormous and heartfelt thank you to Stewart Robinson, the Managing Director of Sonic Rail Services.

Sonic Rail Services have very kindly gifted all the recent track work, materials and labour costs for the track that they replaced at Broom Lane Bridge to the Spa Valley Railway. The machines, track, and material costs total approximately £60,000; this enormous saving and generosity cannot be underestimated, and we are truely taken aback by his and Alex Robinson's kindness.

This gift also extends to the Volker Rail tamper, which Stewart arranged through SRS. The cost savings for this and the work it did are worth thousands of pounds, slotting into the tampers' extremely busy mainline schedule.

Stewart is a preservationist through and through, always available on the phone and a person to call upon for anything infrastructure or railway-related.

We are sure our followers will join us in passing an enormous thank you to Sonic Rail Services, and long may our relationship with them continue.

Thank you Stewart. We are truly grateful!

It’s a hot day for our steam crew but their lidlgb bucket hats are keeping the sun off!The firing technique is Lidl and ...
24/05/2026

It’s a hot day for our steam crew but their lidlgb bucket hats are keeping the sun off!

The firing technique is Lidl and often... 😉

Address

West Station, Nevill Terrace
Tunbridge Wells
TN25QY

Opening Hours

Saturday 10am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+441892300141

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