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Bank Holiday Monday 27th May...

Calling all Knights and Princesses! It's time to get your best outfits on, because today you will meet a huge, smoke-breathing DRAGON! We'll also have some baby dragons for your children to meet! They will be appearing at intervals throughout the day.

Also, enjoy steam train rides, the miniature and model railways, railway museum, cafe and gift shop!

Fancy Dress Competition!
Take photos of your children in their Prince/Princess/Knight/Dragon fancy dress outfits and send them to us and we will pick a winner to receive special event tickets to another event of their choice (not including Thomas or Christmas.)

We are so excited to share that Bluey is coming to Buckinghamshire Railway Centre on 9th June 2024!  Come and meet the lovable Blue Heeler at intervals throughout the day.

There will be lots for the whole family to see and do at our heritage railway, with 25-acres to explore! Enjoy steam train rides, take a trip on the miniature railway, enjoy the visitor centre and railway museum, watch the model railway and enjoy our café and gift shops.

Ridgeway Run of Historic Commercial Vehicles for Father's Day!

Celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024, the Annual Ridgeway Run for Historic Commercial Vehicles will be here on Father's Day, as usual. The rally starts in Henley and finishes at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre arriving here around 11am, in time for you to admire them all! 

Organised by the Historic Commercial Vehicle Society (South Midlands area), we are pleased to welcome members together with their commercial vehicles at this popular rally when, usually, up to 60 historic vehicles will be on display. Last year we had 80 vehicles!

Enter your name and email address on our sheet at the welcome desk for a chance to win Special Event tickets in our draw!

We will also be operating our site as usual, which means visitors can enjoy unlimited steam train rides, the railway museum, the miniature ride-on steam trains (£1.50 each - under 3s are free) and the model railway, plus our stunning Visitor Centre with cafe and gift shop.

Gates open 10.30am and last admission 3.30pm. Tickets can be bought on the gate or pre-booked here!

Come along and meet our favourite accident-prone dragon, Zog! 

He will be making appearances throughout the day - don't forget your cameras! 

Follow the trail around our 25-acre site, completing the activity sheet as you go! Help count the gold stars in our Railway Museum to collect your very own gold sticker! 

Take unlimited rides behind our full-size steam locomotive, all included in your ticket price!

Be creative at our activity station in our stunning glass-roofed visitor centre, set amongst the beautiful steam locomotive and carriages on display!

Watch the model trains and ride the miniature railway (£1.50 per person - under 3s go free!)

Our café, gift shop and second-hand bookshop will all be open for you to enjoy.

On Sunday 21st July 2024 join us for our Moving the Mail event which will mark the 20th anniversary year of the ending of the Travelling Post Office (TPO) service in 2004. The day will offer an opportunity for a reunion of former Post Office / Royal Mail staff who were part of the TPO service. And with our TPO carriages and their displays as a centrepiece for the event, there will be ample opportunities for visitors to reminisce and exchange stories. 

The day will also feature 100 years of Morris Commercial with the Post Office Vehicle Club!

An event for all Morris and Austin historic commercial vehicles with particular reference to all types of ex Royal Mail and Post Office Telephones vehicles. 

If you would like to exhibit, please click here to complete the online form or email office@bucksrailcentre.org. For more information call us on 01296 655720.
(Exhibitors will enjoy free admission for the historic commercial vehicle driver and co driver).

Pre-1988 Classic Vehicle Rally: Bank Holiday Monday 26th August

Owners of any pre-88 vehicles are invited to come and exhibit their vehicles at our biggest rally of the year! Please pre-register if you want to exhibit your vehicle by emailing: office@bucksrailcentre.org or by emailing us this registration form. Cars, motorbikes, vans, buses, fire engines, bicycles... any pre-1988 vehicle will be welcome! Steam train rides and all the fun of our heritage railway will be on offer as well of course. A suggested (but not obligatory) donation of £6 for exhibitors. 

Visitors can enjoy dozens of classic vehicles on display, plus all the sights and sounds of our heritage railway: unlimited steam train rides, Railway Museum, Miniature and Model Railways, Visitor Centre with cafe and gift shop, plus everything else a 25-acre working heritage railway has to offer! 

This is our special community day when we celebrate our Emergency Services and raise awareness for local charities, clubs and societies from our local community. Our Emergency Services come along and bring their vehicles for visitors to admire (of course, their presence here is subject to emergency call outs, as usual). The whole heritage railway will be open as usual, so visitors can enjoy all the usual fun of a Steaming Day at The Railway!

Please be aware that although the fire department do always send a fire engine, so far, each year they have been here, they have been called out to an emergency at some point during the event. This year, we are hoping for a heritage fire engine or two to come along as well which worked really well last year!

Special admission price of only £7 each - under 3s go free as usual. 

PLUS! Like last year, all Emergency Services personnel (including NHS, Police and fire service workers) get FREE ENTRY! Simply show your work ID when you arrive, but you must pre-book tickets for the other members of your party. This event sells out faster than any other event, so please pre-book to avoid disappointment!

Steam train rides with a full size steam locomotive, see The Railway Museum, ride the Miniature Railway, watch the model trains and visit the Visitor Centre. The gift shop and café will be open! 

Sunday 15th September 2024

The Dinosaurs are coming BACK!
Sunday 15th September

A perfect day out for your Dino-mad children. It’s going to be ROAR-some! 

This time we have got new dinosaurs coming, including Roxy the T-Rex! Also coming will be: Europe's Betsy the Tricerotops, Echo the velociraptor, a raptor and a selection of baby dinosaurs!

They will be appearing on the grass outside the visitor centre throughout the day, offering visitors the chance to meet these amazing animals up close.

Your ticket also includes access around the whole 25-acre site of our heritage railway meaning you can enjoy unlimited passenger train rides behind a full-size steam locomotive, plus, visit the railway museum, visitor centre with gift shop and café, enjoy the model railway, miniature train rides (£1.50 per person, under 3s free) and admire all the exhibits around the site, from the great steam locomotives on display outside or in the sheds, to railway buildings, carriages and wagons from various eras all across the site.

Use our café, or bring a picnic to enjoy at one of the many outdoor picnic tables around the site. We are open from 10.30am-5pm.

We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting SHOWBUS 2024, which will be held on Sunday 29th September – so put the date in your diaries now; get those buses registered and your visitor tickets pre-booked! 

There will be the opportunity for visitors to ride on some of the exhibits from the site around the local countryside.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Routemaster, a parade of the iconic London buses will run from Aylesbury to arrive here at midday.

For those who like to arrive using public transport, there will be a dedicated shuttle bus service operating from Aylesbury.  Plus, you will be pleased to hear that the SHOWBUS Traders’ Village will make a welcome return.

As we are a heritage railway, there will of course be lots of other things to see and do during your visit, including train rides behind a restored steam locomotive; the fabulous railway museum to look around; rides on the miniature railway (£1.50 per person) and the opportunity to watch the model railway at work. We also have a Travelling Post Office with interesting displays and a chance to learn how mail was sorted. Lots to see and do so it’s a whole day out!

Exhibitors will have free entry (driver plus up to 5 passengers per bus). Contact us for more details on 01296 655720 or click here to register your bus.