Events

Next Event: Saturday 7th August: “The Carnival Belle”

An action packed year ahead at the Hayling Seaside Railway!

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The volunteers at the Hayling Seaside Railway have been hard at work of late, putting together their 2010 Events Programme. The fun begins during the Easter School Holidays, when the one mile narrow gauge 'light' railway between Beachlands Funland and Eastoke Corner via Mengham Road Halt, will be operating daily. With special 'Easter Bunny Runs' scheduled for the Bank Holiday Weekend of Good Friday 2nd April to Easter Monday 5th April, featuring free quiz sheets and
chocolate eggs for the children.

Saturday 24th April sees the welcome return after a year's absence of the railway's popular Model Railway Exhibition “In The Shed”, at Beachlands railway station next to the Funland Amusement Park. As well as a range of fine-scale model railways and trade stands on display in the depot itself, a frequent service of narrow gauge
passenger trains and heritage demonstration 'goods trains', will be in
operation between Beachlands and Eastoke.

On Sunday 23rd May the Seaside Railway will be joining forces with Funland, the Local Locomotion and Hayling Legends vintage car groups to produce their annual 'Vintage Transport Gathering' at Beachlands railway station. A wide variety of vintage transport exhibits will be on public display in the Funland Car Park, while vintage trains will be in operation on the Seaside Railway.

The highlight for many of the 2010 season will be the welcome return to the Hayling Seaside Railway, of the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust's veteran coal-fired steam locomotive “Wendy”, from its usual operating base at the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum. The classic locomotive built by W.G. Bagnall of Stafford in 1919, will be gracing the Hayling Island rails for a total of SIX weekends this year, hauling
passenger trains on the 12th/13th, 19th/20th and 26th/27th June, plus the 11th/12th, 18th/19th and 25th/26th September.

There will be added interest on the weekend of 19th and 20th June as railwayʼs vintage diesel locomotives and industrial goods wagons, provide a supporting programme of light railway 'goods trains', passing the steam hauled passenger trains at Mengham Road Halt.

12,13,19*,20*,26,27 June: Hayling Seaside Steam!

Veteran coal fired live steam locomotive "Wendy" visits from Amberley Museum, courtesy of the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust. NOTE: * = Steam and Goods Weekend, featuring steam powered passenger trains PLUS diesel hauled industrial goods trains.

3 July 5th September: Summer School Holidays Daily Running.
Saturday 7th August: “The Carnival Belle”.

Special intensive service of passenger trains continuing well into the evening, in conjunction with the Hayling Island Carnival at West Beachlands, organised by the Hayling Lions Club.

11,12,18,19,25,26 September Hayling Seaside Steam!

Return visit of veteran coal fired live steam locomotive "Wendy" from Amberley Museum, courtesy of the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust.

NOTE: * = Steam and Goods Weekend, featuring steam powered passenger trains PLUS diesel hauled industrial goods trains.

23-31 October: School Holidays Daily Running.
31 October: Halloween Specials - details to be confirmed.

4,5,11,12,18,19,20,21,22,23 and 24 December: Santa Specials.

Yuletide train rides from Eastoke Corner to visit Father Christmas at Santaland, in conjunction with the Funland Amusement Park.

Saturday 1st January "Puddleducks on Parade”. Our annual
New Years Day visit of the colourful Citroen 2CV's of the 'Pompey
Puddleducks' and 'Fils de Vitesse' classic car clubs