Community & Family Day – 25th May 2024
The Vale of Rheidol Railway will be hosting a Community & Family Day in their new museum in Aberystwyth station on Saturday 25th May. The event will feature stalls, displays and interactive activities from those who keep us safe in Ceredigion. Displays are expected from the following organisations: – St John’s Ambulance (plus Cadets &…
Historic sign returns to Aberystwyth
A historic ‘boiler empty’ sign has returned to Aberystwyth locomotive shed after a gap of over sixty years. The artefact has been donated to the Vale of Rheidol Railway museum, which is located in the GWR 1938-built locomotive shed at Aberystwyth. This is the very building where the ‘boiler empty’ sign would have been used…
Catch the train to see the runners!
On Saturday 27th April, the annual Red Kite Challenge will be held in Devil’s Bridge. Travel to see the runners by train! This is one of the most popular trail running events in Wales, and has raised over £20,000 for Bronglais Hospital. Why not arrive in style? Catch the 10.30 train from Aberystwyth to Devil’s…
Race the Rails – Bike vs Train
On Sunday 19th May, cyclists from Beiciau Afan Bikes will be racing the train to Devil’s Bridge! The cycle race is raising money for West Wales Prostate Cancer Support Group. Each cyclist will begin their race in Aberystwyth (on cue from a whistle from a Rheidol locomotive), and then race the 10.30 train to Devil’s…
Easter activities
Easter is a fantastic time to enjoy the scenery of the Rheidol valley: look out for the lambs in the fields, and perhaps some snow on the hills too. Will you be joining us? We will be running our busy yellow timetable on Easter Saturday, Sunday and Monday (plus 2nd-4th April too): four trains a…
Exhibits shunted into our new museum
The new museum building at Aberystwyth station is ready to open to the public on March 23rd 2024. A day of shunting took place on Tuesday 19th March, as locomotives and rolling stock were carefully positioned inside the building. The museum was originally built in 1938 as a locomotive shed (firstly for the standard gauge…
93 year old Aberystwyth man reunited with his locomotive
93 year old railway worker John ‘Abergynolwyn’ Davies has been reunited with his old locomotive at the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Aberystwyth. John began his railway career at Aberystwyth in 1952, where he often worked on ‘Dukedog’ locomotives. The last Dukedog left Wales in May 1960, and all but one were scrapped. The Vale…
Dukedog & ‘Palmerston’ arrive in Aberystwyth
Two more locomotives have arrived in Aberystwyth, to be exhibited in the Vale of Rheidol Railway’s new museum building. Dukedog locomotive No.9017 arrived at the railway on the afternoon of Tuesday 27th February, after a two day road journey from Sussex. The locomotive is on loan from the Bluebell Railway, to whom we are very…
Dukedog No.9017 returning home to Aberystwyth
The Vale of Rheidol Railway are pleased to announce the return of a ‘Dukedog’ locomotive to Aberystwyth for the first time in over 60 years. ‘Dukedog’ No.9017 will be arriving in the town in late February, for static display in the new Museum & Display Space at the Vale of Rheidol Railway. The 85 year…
“Palmerston” to visit Vale of Rheidol Railway
The Vale of Rheidol Railway (VoR) and the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways (Ff&WHR) are pleased to announce a collaboration to run 1864-built steam locomotive ‘Palmerston’ at the Vale of Rheidol Railway later this year. Both railways are working together to bring compelling new reasons to visit Wales in 2024, and are celebrating with this…