Your Railway Needs You!
Volunteers are the backbone of the Mid Hants Railway, without them there would be no trains running, no coaches to sit in, no stations to wait at and no track to run on. With the exception of 30 paid staff, the railways 400 volunteers do everything from drive the trains to maintaining the station gardens. From a day per month, to days in a week, hundreds of loyal volunteers take it upon themselves to travel up to 100 miles to help out in one way or another. With some people fitting their visits around full time work commitments and others joining when they retire, the MHRs volunteer workforce keeps us functioning every day.
So why should you join?
- Involvement. You will be working with a group of like minded, dedicated people with a common purpose.
- Healthy. Many volunteer tasks will help you keep active.
- Rewarding. You will see the public enjoying all your hard work.
More information and how to join?
- Through our website. You can find out about the activities of all our departments through our website, updated by some of our most active workers you can find out about many of the happenings up and down the line.
- Speak to our volunteers. On a day when services are running you can come and speak to numerous volunteers in pretty much all of our departments.
- Email us. You can contact the MHR through our Enquiries page and we will be more than happy to send you more information, or forward your email to the head of a specific department.
- Phone Us. Contact us on 01962 733810 and we can arrange an invitation to our next Volunteers’ Day.
Between 12 and 16 years old?
Why not join the Rangers? During Holidays and at Weekends, children between 12 and 16 can take advantage of supervised activities at Ropley, join station staff or pretty much any railway department, for more information visit the Rangers page.
So what's stopping you? Join our friendly army and help keep the MHR running.
You don't have to volunteer to help the railway. Why not join the MHRPS?
Find out more information about the Mid Hants Railway Preservation Society and the benefits of membership here, or download the membership form.
MHRPS Membership Renewals
You can now renew your membership online. It's easy and quick!
MHRPS Regional Groups
We have a number of regional groups who help support the railway in a variety of ways, as well as being a great way to socialise and meet like minded people in your area. Click here to find out more.