Our Upcoming Events

Whether you are an avid enthusiast or just looking for a fantastic family day out, we hold a number of exciting special events throughout the year. There's something for everyone - our wide range of events usually include family favourite children's character days, Easter fun and an immersive 1940s weekend. You can see and hear locomotives tackling our challenging gradients at our enthusiast gala events, and say cheers at our Real Ale weekend. Santa pays a visit at Christmas too!

You'll find all the details of our current planned events below. Tickets for these events can be booked from the event page.

For most events our connecting vintage bus services will operate from Epping Underground and Shenfield stations. Please check the event listing for details.

If there is no event shown on a particular date, do check our calendar as we may be running our standard steam and diesel heritage train services.

Why not also check out our Dining Train events, featuring fish and chips or a fantastic cream team on board our heritage trains. 

View our Event Archive

Wonderful Wizards and Fabulous Fairies

Wednesdays 1 and 8 April, Sunday 12 April

BRAND NEW EVENT FOR 2026! GET YOUR TICKETS Join us, and the magical Wizardee, for an enchanting day out with Wonderful Wizards and Fabulous Fairies. Expect a whirlwind of magic, spells and more - with a sprinkling of fairy dust too! Our steam hauled train services ...

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Spring Steam Gala

17, 18, 19 April

Our annual steam gala takes place on 17, 18 and 19 April, with an intensive steam hauled service in operation. The home fleet of steam locomotives, along with visiting locomotives, come out to be put through their paces over some of the most challenging gradients in ...

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Evening Real Ale Trains

Various dates throughout 2026

Join our evening heritage train services and enjoy a journey through the Essex countryside with Real Ale available from our on board bar! The train will make a number of journeys between North Weald, Ongar and Epping Forest throughout the evening. We plan to have a selection ...

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Meet Gabby from Gabby's Dollshouse

25 and 26 April

A-meowzing adventure starts here! Come and meet Gabby from Gabby’s Dollhouse on 25th & 26th April, appearing at intervals throughout the day! Board a vintage bus at Epping TfL Station, where you can park the car, which will take you to the steam railway. On arrival ...

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Classic Car Show

3 May

Soak up the nostalgia of yesteryear with a wide selection of classic cars on display at North Weald station. Not just for the car enthusiast - anyone who loves steam and diesel locomotives and buses will have a great day with us too. We are expecting an eclectic mix of classic, sports cars and ...

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Wartime and Rationing Weekend

13, 14 June 2026

Visit the Epping Ongar Railway for a taste of life during wartime and rationing. GET YOUR TICKETS Come and step back in time with us, immerse yourself in a flavour of what a rural British steam railway could have appeared in the height of summer, as ...

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