Board the train at Queen Street (by New World).
The ride climbs the 1 in 40 Waitara Valley gradient (the steepest on a preserved railway in New Zealand), passes under the SH3 overbridge on Big Jim's Hill, through our depot and yards and Waitara Road, and crosses the pictureesque Waiongana Stream. It ends in the old Lepperton Yard parallel to kiwirail's Marton-to-New Plymouth line, then returns to Waitara.
Trip takes 70 - 80 minutes.
Private Charters by arrangement
Operated by Waitara Railway Preservation Society Inc.