Discover the Lincolnshire
Wolds Railway Experience
Welcome to the enchanting world of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, where history comes alive amidst the picturesque landscapes of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Our heritage railway, steeped in nostalgia, is a captivating journey into the past, offering a unique and memorable experience for visitors of all ages.
Welcome to the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Only a short distance from Grimsby, the seaside resort of Cleethorpes and the historic market town of Louth, Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a great day out for everyone.
Ride on the train, enjoy some great food in the café and make some new amazing memories as you visit us. Our heritage steam trains run between Ludborough and North Thoresby and work is now in progress to extend the line southwards towards Louth.
We are managed and run entirely by a team of dedicated volunteers, do come and say hello. We are so excited to welcome you to the only standard gauge Heritage Steam Railway in Lincolnshire.
It is very important to us to keep our heritage line running and keeping steam alive, we are living history with a purpose to recreate and preserve railway scenes of the past. We look forward to giving you a warm welcome.

Experience Living Railway History
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway are proud winners of the:
TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Awards 2025
VisitEngland Quality Rose Marque Award Membership Year 2025-2026
Our Reviews
We went on the Easter Sunday event with our daughter and 2 year old granddaughter. Beautiful day and had a great time on the Easter egg hunt.
Just disappointed... read more that our granddaughter was given a paw print to hand to the Easter bunny on the train but the bunny only passed us once and wasn’t collecting the paw prints. I’m assuming that the children were to receive an Easter egg from the bunny. None on the first trip today did. I must add that he/she wasn’t very friendly with the children which I must admit disappointed me.
As we were leaving in the car the next trip was just pulling out of the station and we saw the bunny on the train with an Easter basket. I can only assume the children on that trip were the lucky ones.
I did query this in the ticket office but didn’t get any answer as the gentleman was busy.
April 9, 2023
Great Christmas experience , my little lad loved it. He loved the stream train, seeing Santa and his elves especially crazy elf Marc , he was brilliant with everybody,all volunteers... read more did a great job! Well done and see you again
December 11, 2022
We took our two small grandchildren (6 and 3) on Saturday. They each received a named gift and Santa spoke to both of them, a lovely touch. The... read more gifts were just right for our two, the 6 yr old especially loved his. An added extra was that Granny and Grandad also received a small gift. There was entertainment by one of Santa's elves to get us all in the Christmas mood. There was also a photo opportunity with Santa at the end of the ride. Our two loved being on the train and found it fascinating. Absolutely brilliant, we'll organised and thorough enjoyable. Highly recommended!
December 1, 2021
The most amazing day out, my 6 year olds best day ever! We went to Ludborough station where we regularly attend because my son loves steam trains (and diesels) as... read more well as the model railway in the shop in the carpark where they regularly fulfill the requests of what the trains do. The staff (all volunteers) are all lovely, really friendly and helpful and go out of the way to make everyone's day. The amount of times we have gone and have been made to feel really special is unbelievable. Although all visits are exceptional todays just blew it out of the water. The man in the shop, where they sell a lot of model railway things, was just amazing and completely lovely, as ever but what really topped it off, over the usual visits was the amazing signal man who let my little boy open and close the gates and do the signal duties with him for the rest of the day. He had such an amazing time, it was genuinely his best day of his life and he has done a lot of things. Genuinely can't thank them all enough. Far better than any other railway we have been to as they go out their way to make things so special. We love their events too, having recently been on the Santa Express and the Halloween special which were fabulous. They are so lucky to have such dedicated staff. Thank you all so much x
January 1, 2022
What a shame this has lost the personal touch that it had when we took our eldest 2 grandchildren a few years back! We were met by... read more Santa on the platform and they were given their lovely gifts after the train journey and had photos taken with him, which was money well spent. Not like this year which was so disappointing, no organisation, no one seemed to know where to go and no personal touch at all. The gift was tacky. This was supposed to be a Santa Special, the train didn’t even have the Santa Special sign on as it did previously! Very disappointing and a complete waste of money, definitely would not recommend this to anyone!
December 1, 2021
Credit to and a big shout out to the volunteers who attended the witches and wizards event; friendly and welcoming staff.
Well done to Marc, always a natural... read more entertainer; you tried your very best to entertain the audience when so many cancelled at the last minute.
Thank you so much. My children very much enjoy your plate spinning and choices of music to entertain and dance to.
We always enjoy the train rides and park.
October 27, 2022