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Attraction in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

The centenary of the First World War is rightly being remembered in the many countries it affected. Unfortunately, the last of the men who fought in this conflict have passed away in recent years, leaving just the pictures, the memorials and the surviving machinery to tell the tale. The Leighton Buzzard Railway is a unique example of military equipment--narrow-gauge supply lines to the trenches--being adapted for peaceful purposes. In our case, th...

Page's Park Station, Billington Road
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 4TGb

01525 373888

The centenary of the First World War is rightly being remembered in the many countries it affected. Unfortunately, the last of the men who fought in this conflict have passed away in recent years, leaving just the pictures, the memorials and the surviving machinery to tell the tale.

The Leighton Buzzard Railway is a unique example of military equipment--narrow-gauge supply lines to the trenches--being adapted for peaceful purposes. In our case, this was transporting sand from the local quarries, from 1919 onwards.

Now a nationally accredited museum, run by volunteers, it has several former War Department items in its collection, as well as narrow-gauge (2ft between rails) stock from all over the world. Today's heritage passenger trains travel at a relaxed pace, encountering sharp curves, steep gradients and numerous road crossings, with great views across to the Chiltern Hills in the final mile.