HOW TO FIND US

BY ROAD

Easy connections to the main north/south routes (A23-A24-A29), as well as the cross-country roads (A27-A272). The South Downs Light Railway is located within the Wyevale Garden Centre, Stopham Road, Pulborough. The garden centre is approximatly 1 mile west of the A29 on the A283 towards Petworth, there is plenty of FREE on-site car parking for your convenience.

 

How To Find Us

 

BY TRAIN

Pulborough Station is served by Southern Railway trains from Victoria and the South Coast. The South Downs Light Railway is located within the Wyevale Garden Centre, which is on Stopham Road, Pulborough and is about a mile along the A283 from Pulborough Station towards Petworth.

 

CONTACT US

Chris English, Honorary Secretary, The South Downs Light Railway Society, 16 Wanderdown Way, Ovingdean, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 7BX Telephone : 07711 717470 Email chris@cjenglish.demon.co.uk

JOIN US

The South Downs Light Railway is wholly owned & operated by the members of the South Downs Light Railway Society, members also individually own all the locomotives & rolling stock on the line with the exception of the new Exmoor Steam Railway built 0 – 4 – 2 T Pulborough, which is jointly owned by the Society & a small number of members who have bought shares.

As a society we are affiliated to the Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies, who provide both our public liability insurance and a Personal Accident Scheme for all members. In addition we are members of the organisation known as “Britain’s Great Little Railways”.

We are always looking for new members to join us & help build & run the SDLR, so if you have some time to spare (however little) & fancy running a railway, why not join our happy band of enthusiastic railway people (not railway enthusiasts). Annual Subscriptions are £30 Family; £20 Full & £10 Junior (12 to 18, or older if in full time education), for more details please contact our Honorary Secretary Chris English (details above).

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       South Downs Light Railway

OPERATING  TIMES

11.00am to 3.30pm

            FARES 2006

            CHILDREN – 80 pence (under 3’s with a fare paying passenger travel FREE)

ADULTS - £1.20

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