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Updated 07/07/2025
We aim to be open to the public 10am - 4pm on Sundays  from Easter - December 2025 with additional Saturday opening for events.  If you would like to be part of our platform staff as a volunteer welcomer and to learn new skills please vist our volunteering page. New welcomers will be supported by one of our experienced volunteers and it is a great way to make new friends. We welcomed the Ariel Motorcycle Club who were on tour in 2022 with Sue H, Joan and Sue J forming part of the welcoming team. It was a great day and the video shows the departure of the motorcycles.
We can host private events during our closed season subject with prior agreement please email with your request and our of our events team will get back to you. Events email

Events at Kirkby Stephen East

 ​We are open to the public on Sundays from 10am - 4pm with some additional open days on Saturdays for events and the S&DR 200 Gala over August Bank Holiday weekend.
Events run 10am - 4pm unless stated otherwise with free admission (donations welcome) and charges for train rides (subject to availability). Some special events  may have an admission charge. 
Groups can book private events on Saturdays (subject to availability) email for more information.
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2025 Train Fares - Easter - December 2025
(excludes S&DR 200 event August Bank Holiday)
TICKETS purchased on the day - NO prebooking required
Family £14-00 (2 adults and up to 3 children) 
Additional Child £1-00
Adult £7.00
Disabled £6-00 (accompanying carer free)   
Consessions £5-00 (over 65,HRA members, Railriders)   
1370 Club members  Free with 50% off family ticket
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S&DR 200 Event August 23rd - 25th 2025
TICKETS - purchased on the day - no prebooking required
(additional costs to cover the costs of bringing in guest locomotives and rolling stock)
Family £20-00 (2 adults and up to 3 children) 
Additional Child £1-00
Adult £10-00
Disabled £9 -00 (accompanying carer free)   
Consessions £8-00 (over 65,HRA members, Railriders)   
1370 Club members  Free with 50% off family ticket

Please note events are subject to changes and please see our Facebook page for any last minute alterations.
Easter Saturday 19th April 2025 - Craft & Local Food Fayre  as part of the Cumbria Easter Rally - a free event with classic buses and vehicles in Brough, Winton Kirkby Stephen and surrounding area refreshments in the buffet car (diesel train service) Easter Fayre webpage.

Easter Sunday 20th April 2025 - Cumbria Easter Rally free admission and tours of our workshop, museum with refreshments in the buffet car. Free vintage buses between Brough, Winton Kirkby Stephen and the Mainline Station. More details on the rally website.  
Train service - motive power steam

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July 2025 - Kirkby Stephen in the 1940s Weekend- Free event to showcase the home front in the Eden Valley. We are working with Chris Hallam, members of the Military Vehicle Trust and Kirkby Stephen Town Council to deliver this event. There will be exhibits around the site and in town with a free vintage bus service between Brough, Kirkby Stephen and the mainline station. Please check out the event webpage for more details (update to follow).
Train service - motive power steam
 
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 2025 - Westmorland Dales Festival Weekend - We are pleased to be part of the local celebration of the landscape of the Westmorland Dales and the people who live and work here. Kirkby Stephen will showcase conservation, countryside stalls, craft and food markets with entertainments and activities for everyone, There will be free buses between the mainline station our site and the town centre provided by Cumbria Classic Coaches.
Train service - motive power diesel Sunday

Saturday 16th August 2025- Railwayana Event SRC Director Alan Gunston and his colleagues in the Railwayana community will be providing an excellen display of a wide range of items for sale. There will be a steam train service subject to locomotive availability Train service - motive power diesel

Saturday 23rd - Monday 25th August 2025 - S&DR200 Gala
We will be running a three day steam gala with visiting locomotives and rolling stock to celebrate the bicentenery of the historic Stockton and Darlington Railway. The event includes free exhibitions on site and in town with free bus rides to Smardalegill, Podgill and Merrygill Viaducts. Please check out the S&DR 200 website for more information. Please note ticket prices for this event are higher than other operating days due to increased overheads for the visiting locomotives and rolling stock.
Train service - motive power steam

Sunday 26th October 2025 - Halloween Event - steam service during the day 10:30am - 4pm open to the public. Evening ticketted event run in conjunction with Kirkby Stephen Town Council Diesel 'ghost train'. ​Details to follow.

Saturday 15th November 2025 - Winter Craft and Food Fayre.
We will be running a winter event to bring together the local community's finest crafter and food producers. There will be a free classic bus service between Kirkby Stephen and the Mainline Station. If you wish to have a stall  message us.  (Stalls 8 foot table space with seating - free but donation to SRC appreciated). No trains will be operating that day.