What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Our “Works Outing” event will be held on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 September 2019, based (as far as is practical, given the limits on the availability of crews) on the slogan “if it works it gets an outing”. It will feature a variety of operating patterns, including mixed traffic
The annual ‘Leeds Running Day’ is back this Sunday (18 August 2019), with vintage buses and coaches offering free rides all day across south and central Leeds. The beautifully restored vehicles will circulate 10am to 5pm, between Thwaite Mills museum in Stourton, Middleton Railway in Hunslet, Leeds Industrial Museum in
Middleton Railway are hosting another family friendly day a week on Saturday (10 August 2019) featuring superhero and princess characters in costume as well as face painting, painting of plaques and of course train rides. Special fares will apply on the day at the award winning child friendly attraction, with
Following the fire at Jewson’s timber yard adjacent to the Middleton Railway in July 2018, a number of items on the railway were fire damaged. The worst case was a covered van, known as a PALVAN, which was burned out and all its contents destroyed. The Middleton Railway has now
When the Cricket World Cup starts next week, Middleton Railway has an important part to play. Each time a player scores a 6, 50, or 100, a screen will light up and music will be played to celebrate the fact. For the matches taking place at Headingley, Middleton Railway is
Construction is now well under way on a new building at the Middleton Railway. The Richard Holland Carriage Shed will be 42m long, 5.4m wide and 5.7m high and will house the Trust’s three carriages plus an LNER Ballast Brake van, converted for passenger use. The £100,000 building has been
This year Middleton Railway has chosen to partner with Marie Curie for their charity weekend event happening on May Bank Holiday weekend. The event, which is happening on Saturday 4, Sunday 5 and Monday 6 May, will start at 10am and finish at 5pm. The railway will also be running
Well known Supermarket chain, Asda, presented Middleton Railway with a cheque for £500 on Tuesday 26 February at their Middleton store. Along with two other local charities, Middleton Railway was part of Asda’s Green Token Scheme, whereby customers get tokens to place in one of three slots, each of which
The Middleton Railway is pleased to announce that it is working with the Vintage Carriages Trust (VCT) to restore Manning Wardle contractor’s locomotive “Sir Berkeley” to its original “Logan and Hemingway” livery. When back in service in 2020, this locomotive will be the only working example of a Manning Wardle
Middleton Railway is delighted to announce that our 2018 Santa Trains have been a resounding success. Over 5,000 visitors were carried this year, an increase of 10% over 2017. Our web booking site experienced an increase of 20% in sales over 2017, showing how popular internet booking has become. Our