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5 reasons to visit (all included in your ticket price):
- Hop on and off our trains all day with unlimited travel
- It's the perfect day out for all the family, with plenty of activities
- The ten mile route has four authentic stations adjoining the South Downs National Park.
- As a charity, your visit is supporting the restoration of part of our country’s heritage.
- Investigate our impressive engineering sheds and see preservation in action.
Free tours of our workshops at Ropley on Mondays throughout August
'Standard Travel' is when we are running trains but not a specific event. The timetables are the blue, green and orange days on our calendar.
Our fares give you all day unlimited travel, enabling you to hop on and off at all four stations.
Standard Travel Fares
| Adult /Senior | £16 |
| Child (age 2-16yrs) | £8 |
| Child (under 2 yrs) | FREE |
| Family (2A+2C) | £40 |
| Disabled | One FREE adult carer per full fare paying |
| disabled child or adult | |
| Dog | FREE |
PLEASE NOTE: Standard Travel fares are not valid for Special Events, Dining or Real Ale Trains. Our special events are priced separately. Santa Specials, Dining Trains and Real Ale Trains are all advance booking only.
Visit us regularly? Take out Annual Membership from just £20 and get half price fares throughout the year (excludes Day Out With Thomas, Santa Specials, RAT and dining trains).
Buying as a gift? Why not purchase a Gift Voucher to allow someone to book their own date to travel.
| Standard 1 Train Service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | 12.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | |
| Medstead | 12.15 | 2.15 | 4.15 | |
| Ropley | 12.27 | 2.27 | 4.27 | |
| Alresford arr | 12.35 | 2.35 | 4.35 | |
| Alresford dep | 11.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | |
| Ropley | 11.16 | 1.16 | 3.16 | |
| Medstead | 11.27 | 1.27 | 3.27 | |
| Alton | 11.40 | 1.40 | 3.40 | |
| Standard 2 Train Service | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | 10.50 | 12.00 | 12.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 4.00 | |
| Medstead | 11.04 | 12.15 | 1.04 | 2.15 | 3.04 | 4.15 | |
| Ropley | 11.16 | 12.27 | 1.16 | 2.27 | 3.16 | 4.27 | |
| Alresford arr | 11.24 | 12.35 | 1.24 | 2.35 | 3.24 | 4.35 | |
| Alresford dep | 11.00 | 11.45 | 1.00 | 1.45 | 3.00 | 3.45 | |
| Ropley | 11.16 | 12.00 | 1.16 | 2.00 | 3.16 | 4.00 | |
| Medstead | 11.27 | 12.15 | 1.27 | 2.15 | 3.27 | 4.15 | |
| Alton | 11.40 | 12.28 | 1.40 | 2.28 | 3.40 | 4.28 | |
| Standard 2+ Train Service | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D= Diesel S=Steam |
D | S | S | D | S | S | D | S | S | D | S |
| Alton | 10.50 | 11.15 | 12.00 | 12.54 | 1.20 | 2.05 | 3.00 | 3.25 | 4.15 | ||
| Medstead | 11.04 | 11.29 | 12.15 | 1.08 | 1.34 | 2.19 | 3.14 | 3.40 | 4.30 | ||
| Ropley | 11.16 | 11.40 | 12.27 | 1.20 | 1.45 | 2.30 | 3.26 | 3.52 | 4.42 | ||
| Alresford arr | 11.24 | 11.48 | 12.35 | 1.28 | 1.53 | 2.38 | 3.34 | 4.00 | 4.50 | ||
| Alresford dep | 10.10 | 11.00 | 11.50 | 12.15 | 1.00 | 1.55 | 2.15 | 3.10 | 4.05 | ||
| Ropley | 10.22 | 11.16 | 12.00 | 12.27 | 1.20 | 2.05 | 2.31 | 3.26 | 4.15 | ||
| Medstead | 10.33 | 11.31 | 12.15 | 12.38 | 1.35 | 2.20 | 2.43 | 3.41 | 4.30 | ||
| Alton | 10.54 | 11.44 | 12.28 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 2.33 | 3.04 | 3.54 | 4.43 | ||
The Company does not guarantee that the trains will arrive or depart at the times stated and reserves the right to cancel, alter or suspend any train without notice, or to substitute a different train should this be necessary for whatever reason.