Festival on Rails

Sat 22 – Mon 31 Aug 2026

Three or more historic locomotives in action each day with up to nine different engines scheduled to run in the course of the ten-day event

  • Hop on and off with unlimited travel all day!

  • Take a ride on our train of Victorian carraiges

  • Free Explorer’s Trail for all children

  • Experience travel from a century ago on the unique 1920s train

  • Brunch on Board and Cream Tea available on selcted days

  • Tours of Locomotive and Carriage & Wagon Sheds (advance booking essential)

  • Explore the restored stations and travel on three or more contrasting trains

  • Save money with discounted fares when you book in advance
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BOOK BRUNCH ON BOARD – 23, 30 or 31 Aug
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Explore the North Norfolk Railway during this special week and travel behind a varied line-up of steam and diesel locomotives! 

Our Festival on Rails is a fantastic finale to the summer holidays. See and travel behind three different locomotives each day on trains dating from Victorian times to the 1960s. Grab your tickets and climb aboard for a journey back in time. Our great value one-, two- or three- day rover tickets are valid for unlimited travel allowing you to hop on and off all day and experience travel aboard contrasting trains from different eras.

An unusual chance to take a look behind the scenes at our Weybourne Engineering Works and see the work that goes on in our Locomotive Works and Carriage & Wagon Shed. A £10 supplement applies to Day Rover tickets for those wishing to take the Shed Tour.

Meet at 1.05pm each day at the Booking Hall at Weybourne Station. Spaces are strictly limited and Advance Booking is Essential.

All locomotives subject to availability. The exact line-up for each day is still to be finalised – further details will appear here when available.

Up to nine locomotives will be in action across the ten-day event, with three working trains on each day.

Those likely to feature at the event are:

Recently restored N2, 1744 dating from 1921

Our smallest working engine “Wissington” is due to haul the Victorian train on 22, 24, 25, 26, 28 & 29 August

“Newstead” the lost engine which was hidden for many years in a nunnery!

Hunslet Austerity No. 22

Mammoth War Department 2-10-0 engine No 90775 which spent much of its life working in Greece

No 4277 “Hercules” built in 1920 for the famous Great Western Railway

British Railways Standard 4MT tank engine No 80080 dating from 1954

Class 37 diesel locomotive D6732

Visiting Class 14 “Teddy Bear” diesel D9553

All locomotives subject to availability. The exact line-up for each day is still to be finalised – further details will appear here when available.

Timetables

TRAIN 1 – Train of 1950s and ’60s carriages scheduled to be hauled by a steam locomotive

TRAIN 2 – Carriages dating from Victorian times hauled by a steam locomotive on 22, 24, 25, 26,  27, 28 & 29 August

TRAIN 2 – Steam-hauled brunch on board service with limted seating for non-dining passengers on 23, 30 & 31 August

TRAIN 3 – Train of  unique 1920s teak carriages – steam-hauled on 22, 24, 25, 26 & 29 August; worked by a diesel on 23, 27, 28, 30 & 31 August

TRAIN 4 – Carriages dating from Victorian times hauled by a steam locomotive on 22, 24, 25, 26, 28 & 29 August

TRAIN 4 – Steam-hauled cream tea service with limited seating for non-dining passengers on 23, 27, 30 & 31 August

Victorian Train – Carriages dating from Victorian times hauled by a steam locomotive

Fares

Advance tickets must be purchased at least one day before travel.

Ticket Type Price
Adult Day Rover  £22.10
Child Day Rover (3–15 yrs)  £15.47
Family of 4 (Max 2 Adults)  £61.62
Family of 5 (Max 2 Adults)  £71.82
Dog  £ 3.50
Bicycle  £ 3.50

Subject to availability tickets can also be purchased from the ticket offices at Holt, Sheringham or Weybourne on the day of travel

Ticket Type Price
Adult Day Rover  £26.00
Child Day Rover (3–15 yrs)  £18.20
Family of 4 (Max 2 Adults)  £72.50
Family of 5 (Max 2 Adults)  £84.50
Dog  £ 3.50
Bicycle  £ 3.50

Event tickets allow for Hop on – Hop off unlimited travel all day.

Groups welcome at this event. Please contact our Bookings Office on 01263 820800.

Please note: to allow visitors to experience the variety of trains in action, tickets for this event are Day Rover Tickets – tickets for single journeys, or part-line returns are not available either in advance or on the day.

Hop on and off…