Kirklees Light Railway

Visited today for the first time on a gala weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sampled all 9 locos by noon and then just went with the flow swapping at Skelmanthorpe as and when

The late roster coming out on Fri night meant a bit of planning on Sat in advance but not too much of a hindrance as it seems the first train is 0930 each year

Timetable ran by virtually to time with some very slick loco changes

I counted passenger numbers on quite a few trains, busiest around lunchtime with 2 passing trains having around 80 and 50 passengers respectively

One would suspect the families only do a round trip with the activities at either end of the line to keep the kids occupied.

So probably reckon at least 200 passengers today at a minimum of £11 per person in ticket revenue and the cafe at Clayton West looked busy at lunchtime which would have been additional revenue

Not sure what the running costs of a gala are and whether passenger numbers were lower or higher yesterday but hopefully been successful for them

I'll definitely be back

 

Katie & Sian on their last night in Kent

 

20yrs since the Hurd Family bought the railway

Anniversary Gala with home fleet locos on 25/26th Apr

Plus visiting loco 6284 from Haigh Hall near Wigan

Fares shown as £11.50 for adults

 

Timetable with loco allocations now available in their Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Aypg4AuT5/

 

Facebook page Kirklees Light Railway Gala

Northern Rock and River Mite from Ravenglass announced as gala visitors for September 12/13th 2026 event.

Badger, Fox, Hawk, Katie, Sian are in traffic this year.