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.

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/

Sunday 31st May!We’re back to Eridge today and Caledonian Railway 812 Class 828 is joining Class 25 25185 operating our ...
31/05/2026

Sunday 31st May!

We’re back to Eridge today and Caledonian Railway 812 Class 828 is joining Class 25 25185 operating our Green timetable.

All kids travel free we accompanied by a full fare paying adult on our standard service trains too!

No need to pre-book, just come along to enjoy the ride.

📷 Jonathan Hughes

Saturday 30th May - Train Service UpdateSadly, due to a shortage of two safety critical volunteers required to operate o...
30/05/2026

Saturday 30th May - Train Service Update

Sadly, due to a shortage of two safety critical volunteers required to operate our railway beyond Birchden Junction, we are unable to operate to Eridge today.

Trains are instead operating our Green timetable to Groombridge only.

📷 Jonathan Hughes

🟦 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... 😉

24/05/2026

Good morning from the Spa Valley Railway! We’ve not done one of these in a while!

🚂 Steam trains to Groombridge this weekend! 🚂Due to Network Rail engineering works between Birchden Junction and Eridge ...
22/05/2026

🚂 Steam trains to Groombridge this weekend! 🚂

Due to Network Rail engineering works between Birchden Junction and Eridge our trains can only operate to Groombridge this Bank Holiday weekend, 23rd, 24th & 25th May.

Calendonian Railway 812 Class 828 is operating the 10:00, 11:15, 12:45 and 15:30 services from Tunbridge Wells West with Class 09 09004 operating the 14:00 service.

Standard train fares apply and all kids travel FREE of charge!

📸 Andrew Shapland

We’re back open today - Sunday 10th May!It is the annual scout movement today for their events at Adams Well Campsite wh...
10/05/2026

We’re back open today - Sunday 10th May!

It is the annual scout movement today for their events at Adams Well Campsite which means our train service is slightly amended. The 10:00 and 10:35 trains do not operate in public service.

Thank you to all our volunteers for ensuring the railway can open today.

Tunbridge Wells West departures: 11:15, 12:45, 14:00 & 15:30.

Eridge departures: 11:50, 13:20, 14:35 & 16:05.

Caledonian Railway 812 Class 828 and Class 31/4 31430 ‘Sister Dora’ are in use.

📷 Andrew Shapland

Please, please, please can you stop hitting our new Broom Lane Bridge. The road clearance is 9’ 6” heigh or 2.9m. If you...
05/05/2026

Please, please, please can you stop hitting our new Broom Lane Bridge.

The road clearance is 9’ 6” heigh or 2.9m. If you are taller than this you are not going to fit and you are hitting the bridge attempting to fit under it.

Before any comments are made regarding bridge strike protection beams, we investigated this as part of the project, we explored all options with qualified civil engineers and it would have added a further £100,000 to the already £500,000 it cost to replace Broom Lane.

Please just stop hitting the bridge. The bridge might be a new one but there has been a bridge of this same, correctly measured and signposted height, across Broom Lane for over 100 years.

Address

West Station, Nevill Terrace
Tunbridge Wells
TN25QY

Opening Hours

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

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+441892300141

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