March 2021 – Agapanthus progress Since the start of 2021 Alan Eatwell has been at the Railway most Thursdays working on his loco Agapanthus. This work has […]
March 2021 – we’re back for 2021! We’re happy to announce that the railway will be re-opening on Sunday 18th April with a two-train day. Following that, we are […]
September 2020 – Two Announcements. Today we have released our Santa Special tickets for 2020. Things will be a little different to previous year, but we’re happy […]
July 2020 – We’re re-opening! We’re happy to announce that we’re planning to re-open the railway on Sunday 26th July and then every Sunday in August. We […]
March 2020 – South Downs Light Railway COVID-19 response. We understand that there are lots of concerns around the current COVID-19 virus. Following a meeting of our Board meeting tonight (19/03/2020), […]
January 2020 – The Work Weekend This year’s work weekend sees us start a major task, that being to remove the bridge by the swimming pools, re-align the […]
May 2019 – The Annual Steam Gala is coming! We’re proud to announce the visit of 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley from Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway for our annual Steam Gala, running […]
March 2019 – AGM and a new arrival March saw the start of the new running season at SDLR, along with the Annual General Meeting on 23rd March, during which […]
January 2019 – More track work Truly amazing progress (as can been seen in the gallery below) with the re-railing project over the last few days, digging new […]
December 2018 – Santa pays us a visit! December finds a lot of Santa’s helpers visiting the railway to help prepare for Santa’s visit.