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Welcome to on the Rails Issue 5

We are reopening Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 June 2021!
Then every Sunday until November

At HKWR we very much look forward to seeing all our loyal supporters again as well as new visitors to our heritage railway. There are some changes to how you to visit the railway as there will be advance booking only, see our website for details.

Book here

All information concerning Covid-19 and much more can be found by visiting
www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk

For your next family day out, come along and discover Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway. It’s one of the only operational steam narrow-gauge railway of its kind within the M25 and it has a fascinating heritage for you to explore. Train lovers of all ages will enjoy a ride on this historic railway, and if you fancy even more steam history, Kempton Steam Museum is right next door for you to further explore. There’s also a lovely picnic and play area where the kids can run around freely and pretend to be a train driver on the ‘Kempton Flyer’ play train.

Our other attraction, Kempton Steam Museum, will also be open on the 26/27 June, so why not make it a weekend of steam! Visit www.kemptonsteam.org for further information. All museum entry tickets will also be advance booking only.

What’s been going on during Covid-19 lockdowns?

From March 2020, the railway has not been open to the public, but our volunteers were able to carry out necessary tasks under strict Covid-19 guidelines. Here are some highlights of their hard work.

Our locomotive ‘Darent’ is back!

We’re now pleased to announce that our beautiful heritage steam locomotive ‘Darent’ is ready and waiting for you on the 26 June 2021 after it's major service.

Test run (without cab!)

Working on Darent

Work continued on our brand-new coach shed...

...that will house our rolling stock and enable us to carry out maintenance undercover. Thanks to our volunteers we can look forward to completion of the coach shed before the end of the year.

Some of our volunteers who have worked on the coach shed

Heathrow Community Fund donated two defibrillators...

...to the Railway and Kempton Steam Museum. HKWR were very pleased to receive the equipment and luckily for us, one of our volunteers, Linda Williams, knew her stuff about defibrillators and gave volunteers familiarisation training..

Defibrillator training

Our Gardening Team...

...have also been very busy mowing, controlling weeds and brambles as well as creating a living hedge and an exciting arboretum project that we hope to open next year.

HKWR welcomes new members and volunteers

There’s lots of volunteering opportunities at HKWR and you can do as little or as much as you like. Want to train to be an engine driver? Or work in admin and finance? Or perhaps you would like to work in the ticket office? There’s a great sense of camaraderie amongst our volunteers who find volunteering at HKWR very rewarding. As a charity constructed and operated entirely by volunteers, we are pleased to able to give the local community a chance to ride on our heritage steam train and have a great family day out in a densely populated area of West London.
Call our Volunteer Co-ordinator Allan Roberts to find out more on 07947073916 or email: volunteer@hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk

Special Events

HKWR is well known for its family railway events throughout year and although we were not able to hold any events in 2020 and this summer, we are hopeful that we can organise our Halloween Ghost Train and Santa Specials at the end of the year. We will keep you posted!