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Diesel Gala

Quick Details

  • Duration: All Day
  • Booking: Pre-book to ensure a quicker check-in. On-the-day tickets also available.
  • Visting by road: Parking for this event is only available at our Norchard Station, Forest Road, Lydney, Glos. GL15 4ET.
  • Visting by public transport: Our services will be aimed to connect with arriving and departing rail services from Lydney mainline station, a short walk from our Lydney Junction site. Please note, mainline connections are always better on Saturdays.
  • Refreshments: Our café will be serving light takeaway refreshments throughout the day (please note, the café will close after the last train departs).
  • Beverages: An event bar will be open serving Real Ales, Ciders, Wines and Soft Drinks.

Adult (Single Day)

Ages 18+

£ 28

Child (Single Day)

Ages 3-17

£ 15

Adult (Two Days)

Ages 18+

£ 50

Child (Two Days)

Ages 3-17

£ 27

Diesel Gala 2026

Our annual Diesel Gala returns for 2026 on 12th & 13th September. With both resident and visiting locomotives booked to appear, as always the sound will be quite something reverberating from the trees that border our 4 and a quarter mile route. The tight curves and prevailing gradient between Lydney Junction and Parkend, with various sections as steep as at 1 in 128, will make Northbound/’Down’ direction trains particularly exciting. Departures from Lydney Town, Norchard High Level and Whitecroft are usually highlights of the weekend!

Pre-booking your tickets will make the arrival process a more speedy experience. As well as standard single-day tickets a pre-bookable two-day weekend ticket is also available with a slight discount, making attending both days slightly better value. The timetable will be uploaded here as soon as it is ready complete with loco allocations. Please check the newsreel below for event updates.

Confirmed attractions:

  • A lineup consisting of both resident and visiting diesel locomotives.
  • An intensive timetable with at least two trains racking up the mileage.
  • An event bar serving Real Ales, Cider, Wines and Soft Drinks.
  • Guided DMU Depot Tours (courtesy of the DFR DMU Group).
  • + more to be announced!

Event Newsreel:

Nothing to report, please check back soon.

Lineup:

Anticipated visitors:
TBC
Anticipated home fleet:
TBC

Page last updated 02/04/26. E&OE.

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