ADULTS (15+) – £2.50 or Saver Ticket (4 rides £7.50)
CHILDREN (2yr to 14yr) – £2.00 or Saver Ticket (4 rides £6.00)
UNDER 2s – Free!!
South Downs Belle (limited availability) ADULTS £3.50, CHILDREN £2.50
There is no need to pre-book tickets, we don’t operate online booking except for our Christmas trains, so just come to our Ticket Office and purhcase your tickets when you arrive.
Operating Times for 2025
The Railway is open from March to September.
Trains run every 15 minutes between 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays and also on Wednesdays in the West Sussex Summer school holidays.
The South Downs Belle runs at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month.
Santa Specials run on eight days in December.
2025 Events
Narrow Gauge Gala – 15th and 16th March 2025 – A special narrow gauge gala where you can expect to see our own narrow gauge locomotives, along with some special visitors. More details soon!
Easter Egg Hunt – 19th and 21st April 2025 – The Easter Egg Hunt is always very popular. Each child spotting the hidden “eggs” receives a chocolate bunny.
Miniature Transport Weekend – 3rd and 4th May 2025 – This new event was very popular in 2024. Come along and see our scale locomotives running along with a number of miniature traction engines.
Teddy Bears’ Picnic – 5th and 6th July 2025 – The Teddy Bears’ Picnics reveal all the railway’s resident teddy bears having fun and we invite families with their picnics to come and join them. Other attractions include swing boats, model railways, facepainting will all be here for all to enjoy.
Silver Jubilee Gala – 6th to 10th August 2025 – Our annual Steam Gala Weekend this year has been turned in to our Silver Jubilee Gala running for 5 consecutive days. We hope to be using our own fleet of locos and some very special visiting locomotives, some of which helped to start the railway in 2000.. This will be great opportunity to have a ride behind your favourite loco and photographs of rare locomotives on our railway. More info coming soon!
End of Season Gala – 27th and 28th September 2025 – Come and celebrate the end of our 2025 season with us. We’ll run as many trains as we can – anything goes!
Santa Specials – December 2025 – The Santa season will soon be here again, more information to come later in the year.
South Downs Belle
This special train runs at 12 noon and 3 p.m. on the first Sunday of every month. It travels over the whole of the railway giving a ride almost double the usual one. Premium fares of £3.50 for adults and £2.50 for children apply. The picture shows the special headboard made by member Jerry Chivers.