Tickets are £2.50 per person for a return trip.

Babies 2 and under ride free on the lap of a fare paying passenger.

Tickets can be purchased on the day at Havering Halt using cash or card, or pre-purchased online.

No — you can simply turn up on the day and buy your tickets at the railway.

Yes. Tickets can be purchased in advance online:

You can also buy tickets from us on the day.

Yes. We accept cash and card payments, including Visa and Mastercard.

Running even a miniature railway comes with very real costs.

Insurance, maintenance, track work, batteries, fuel, engineering equipment and the upkeep of our trains all cost money. The locomotives and rolling stock themselves can also represent a substantial investment — the train carrying you may easily be worth more than £20,000.

The club is run by volunteers, and the money raised from fares goes back into keeping the railway running and improving it for the future.

Trains run on selected days throughout the season. Please check the Running Days page before travelling.

Havering Miniature Railway Club is run entirely by volunteers.

For our members, the railway is a hobby rather than a business. Running days take a considerable amount of preparation and require enough volunteers to safely operate the railway, so we open to the public on selected dates rather than every day.

You can always find our upcoming dates on the Running Days page.

The railway only operates on our advertised public running days.

Although the track and railway may be visible whenever the park is open, our trains can only run when enough club volunteers are available to operate the railway safely.

Please check our Running Days page before making a special journey.

All rides depart from Havering Halt in Lodge Farm Park.

It depends on their age and confidence.

We prefer children travelling without an accompanying adult to be at least junior-school age and able to sit safely and follow instructions throughout the journey.

Younger children should travel with an adult.

Our team may ask an adult to accompany a child if we feel this would be safer.

Small, calm dogs may usually travel if they can sit safely on their owner's lap for the entire journey.

Larger dogs, or dogs that appear nervous, stressed or uncomfortable around trains, are not suitable for travelling on our passenger coaches.

The final decision will always rest with the train crew, who need to consider the safety and comfort of passengers, volunteers and the animal.

Both types of coach are designed to carry passengers safely and are regularly used on miniature railways.

For younger children, a sit-astride coach can actually be particularly secure, as the child can sit between an accompanying adult's legs and be supported throughout the journey.

If you would prefer to use a sit-in coach and none are currently available, you're welcome to wait for a later train.

We'd love to have more!

Miniature railway rolling stock is specialist equipment and is considerably more expensive than it might appear. A new sit-in passenger coach currently costs around £3000, with a lead time of approximately six months.

As a volunteer-run club, we gradually invest in new equipment as funds allow.

Of course, if anyone would particularly like to sponsor or donate a new coach, we'd be delighted to hear from you!

A complete journey covers approximately 772 metres of railway.

The train is normally moving for around 7 minutes, although the total journey may be slightly longer depending on railway operations and traffic.

We don't operate to a fixed timetable during public running days.

Trains normally depart regularly, and in most cases you shouldn't need to wait much more than 10 minutes.

At particularly busy times, or while trains are being changed or prepared, the wait may occasionally be longer.