Summer Steam
Come & take the train, the perfect summer break away!
There’s plenty to keep you busy at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, whatever the summer weather decides to do!
Over the Summer Holidays, we will run passenger services daily, with a mixture of steam engines and heritage diesel. Bring the whole family (even the dog is welcome!) for an adventure through the Worth Valley and beyond.
- Experience the sound & smell of a steam railway.
- Five miles of heritage railway to journey along
- Six individual stations, full of character
- An Exhibition Shed displaying vintage coaches and historic engines
- The Carriage Works Museum, one of the finest collections of restored railway carriages
- The Engine Shed is full of exhibits and memorabilia of how railways used to be
- Gift shops at Haworth & Oxenhope
- On train Buffet Car, selling real ale, drinks, snacks & confectionary.
The Tea Hut
Behind the Oakworth Station, famous for its role in the film “The Railway Children sits the beautifully presented Oakworth Tea Hut. With outside seating away from the hustle and bustle of the railway, the tea hut offers a range of hand-scooped local ice creams and ices, freshly ground coffee and of course.. A great selection of teas and soft drinks. On event days the outside area hosts local artisan food vendors serving handmade pizzas and modern “street food” options.
The Old Parcels Office
The Old Parcels Office overlooks Keighley Station from the bridge between Platforms 3 and 4, providing the perfect location to grab a bite to eat or drink between the trains.
Serving full English breakfasts, bar meals, light snacks and sweet treats from 9 am until 5 pm, The Old Parcels Office is the perfect opportunity to enjoy a break between trains. Throughout the day, you can relax with a hand-pulled real ale, bottled lager, wine or spirit. Our baristas can create a classic cappuccino or latte, or you can choose from a selection of fine teas to accompany your freshly baked pastry or handmade cake.
The Tea Room
On the Oxenhope Station platform is The Tea Room, an atmospheric vintage tea carriage that used to speed along Britain’s mainline railway network. Here, we serve top-quality tea coffee, and other soft drinks. The tearoom offers a range of sandwiches, jacket potatoes, pies, cakes and other local confectionery available to eat in or takeaway for your journey on the heritage railway. The Tea Room is open on all running days from 9.30 am until the departure of the last train.
Bahamas Locomotive Society
The Engine Shed is an accredited museum that houses numerous displays and artefacts from the age of Steam. Throughout the museum, you can follow a route to guide you through the exhibits and memorabilia to experience how railways used to be. The path will help you understand the history of the railways, the steam locomotive, and the lives of the people who built, operated and maintained them. There are several display cabinets for you to browse so you can take your time and gain a real insight into how things used to be.
Guided Tours, Oakworth
Returning to Oakworth Station are guided tours around the station and the Goods Shed. Now you can take a peek behind the scenes, including one of the best examples of an Edwardian-style booking office, the goods shed and level crossing workings!
Vintage Carriages Trust
The Carriage Works holds the Trust’s collection of nine historic railway carriages, three small industrial steam locomotives, a 1950s diesel railbus and a group of railway posters and other miscellaneous railway items.
The Museum of Rail Travel is part of Rail Story and is open every day except Christmas Day. There is a small charge for entry to the museum, but it is free to passengers on the railway who hold a Day Rover ticket.
Exhibition Shed, Oxenhope
While locomotives are waiting for their place in the restoration queue, they are kept in our Exhibition Shed so that you can get a close-up view of these engineering marvels. Access to the Exhibition Shed is free and a great family experience.
Locomotives currently in the shed include:
43924 Midland Railway 4F
118 ‘Brussels’ LMR Austerity
51218 L&Y ‘Pug’
48431 LMS 8F
The Exhibition Shed is open every running day throughout the summer.