Welcome
The Ruislip Lido Railway is a 12-inch narrow gauge railway operated entirely by volunteers. The line runs through the woodlands skirting the lake from Woody Bay Station beside the beach, all the way round to Ruislip Lido (Water's Edge) Station which is close to the car park. Here you can watch the loco being turned on the turntable ready for the return journey. The two and a half mile round trip takes about 35 minutes.
All our trains are wheelchair, pushchair and buggy friendly. The service is normally operated by one of our large diesel locomotives. On summer Sundays and Bank Holidays, our steam locomotive 'Mad Bess', which is a half scale version of the Ffestiniog Railway locomotive 'Blanche', may pull the train.
Our railway shop stocks a wide range of merchandise, whilst our cafe offers a selection of teas, coffees and light refreshments.
Latest News
Mums travel free on Mothers Day
If you are a Mum and are planning to come for a ride on Mother's Day then you could be in with a chance to have a free ride on us! We are giving away 100 free tickets for a return trip on one of our trains through the beautiful Ruislip Woods.
Please go to our Events page to find out how you can apply for your free ride.
New Permanent Way Depot arrives!
On Tuesday the 23rd of February 9 years of planning and fund raising came to fruition with the arrival of our new Permanent Way Depot. Located on a base next to our existing Carriage Shed, the new building replaces the cramped old sea container that was the previous home to our track maintenance equipment and rolling stock. The building also comprises a store room on one end to give us much needed space following the demise of our old Mess Hut some years ago. Pictures of the new building being unloaded are now available to look at in our Gallery.
Come and ride The Easter Eggspress
The Easter Eggspress event is back for 2010!
On Sunday 4th and Bank Holiday Monday 5th April bring your family to the Ruislip Lido Railway to ride the special train to Haste Hill and receive your chocolate Easter Egg from the Easter Bunny and his helpers.
The Easter Eggspress trains depart at regular intervals from Woody Bay Station between 12.30pm & 4.30pm and our normal service train will also operate to the advertised yellow timetable. For more information on the Easter Eggsress train times and prices please visit our events page.
Train Services Resume: Saturday 13th February
After our annual shut down between New Year and the start of February, train services are due to resume on Saturday 13th February. The Permanent Way team have been working hard replacing sections of track at Haste Hill and also preparing the ground at Woody Bay to take the new drainage system for our new storage facility that will be delivered in March.
For more information about when the railway is open, please see our Timetable page. Please do not hesitate to Contact Us for any further information.
New website launched
Our new website has been launched thanks to the work of Technigrafix. If you have any pictures or information that you would like us to consider for inclusion, please contact us. All contact details are on the contact page of our website.
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