Railway Blogs

Annual Visitors Weekend

Strathaven Miniature Railway will hold its annual Open Track Weekend on 10th/11th October.πŸš‚

The Open Track weekend is when we invite all the other clubs/societies in Scotland and the North of England to visit out track and bring along their locomotives to run on our track.

You are more than welcome to stand and look from the public path and see the visiting locomotives as well as our own engines.

NO PUBLIC RIDES AVAILABLE this weekend.

Strathaven Balloon Festival

The 28th annual Balloon Festival will take place on 28th, 29th and 30th of August. See the link below to the Balloon Festival information regarding what’s on and times etc. Information about parking is also on this site.

Strathaven Balloon Festival

As for the wee trainπŸš‚ we will be operating trains over the three days:-

Friday from 16.30 until 20.00

Saturday from 09.00 until 20.00

Sunday from 09.00 until 20.00

These hours are approximate and all depend upon the weather. We hope to see you over this amazing weekend.

Farmers Market & Fathers Day Weekend

There is a busy weekend ahead if the weather stays fair for us. Saturday is the FIRST Farmers Market which will be held in the park opposite the railway around the band stand area. This is the first of a monthly market which will be held on the third Saturday of each month and they plan to be open from 10am until 3pm. We will be open on Saturday from 11.30am until 4.30pm which is a slightly later opening time for us.

Sunday is Fathers Day and we hope to see families, especially dads, at the railway with opening times from 11am to 4.30pm.

Looking forward to seeing regular and new visitors over the weekend at the railway.

Thank you

From The Wee Train πŸš‚πŸš‚

Strathaven Gala Weekend

Saturday 13th June Gala Day

We will be open to passengers from 11am to 6pm depending on weather and the amount of people in the park. It is our intention to run a steam locomotive. Guess which one it will be (Margaret or Eva).

On Sunday 14th we will be open as normal (11-4.30).

Thank you to all who support the railway in the park.

From the Week train πŸš‚

Farmers Market Strathaven Park πŸŽ‰

A new venture will start in Strathaven park in June.

There will be a farmers market to be held on Saturday the 20th of June, the market will be set up opposite us near the bandstand. They are planning to hold this market once a month on the third Saturday of each month from now on in the park. From 10am — 15.00pm.