Full steam and throttle ahead this Heritage Day
Enjoy a nostalgic fun family outing beyond your wildest steams on board the Inchanga Choo Choo. The train runs the last weekend of each month and on select holidays.
MEMBERS of the Classic Motorcycle Club of KZN will travel alongside the beautiful 83-year-old Umgeni Steam Railway train on Sunday, September 26 at 8.30, departing from Kloof and stopping at Inchanga Station to display their classic and vintage motorcycles.
Umgeni Steam Railway is up and running again after a long lockdown break, in time for spring and Michaelmas holidays and there’s no better way to celebrate Heritage and Tourism month, than supporting the local steam train.
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Enjoy a nostalgic fun family outing beyond your wildest steams on board the Inchanga Choo Choo. The train runs the last weekend of each month and on select holidays.
Safe parking is offered at The Kloof Civic Hall. The train takes a three-hour round trip from Stokers to Inchanga Station and back again.
There is a pop-up market and food fair at Inchanga, and one can visit the Railway museum and model railway exhibition. One can buy refreshments and souvenirs in the old Inchanga railway station.
Nitty gritty:
Saturday, September 25 at 08:30 and 12:30
Sunday, September 26 at 08:30 and 12:30
Tickets cost R260 for adults R190 for children aged 2-12 years.
Family package: R800 (two adults and two children aged 2-12 years
Book and pay online within 48 hours)
For more information & bookings www.umgenisteamrailway.com
Please note that refreshments and merchandise for sale on the train, and at the market are for cash only.
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