Ticket selection - Steam & Diesel Gala 2026

Important Booking information

The Friends of Kirklees Light Railway are hosting their Annual Steam & Diesel Gala Weekend over the weekend of 11th*, 12th & 13th September 2026

If you love trains this is the one for you! 

Join us for the 2026 Steam & Diesel Gala. Visiting Engines Will Be Confirmed Shortly

Friday 11th September is Gala Preview Day!

Come along for fantastic photo opportunities as the Steam Team test the engines and get them Gala ready.  

Our doors will open at 10.30am and we will close at 16.30pm - PLEASE NOTE no other facilities will be open on this day other than the bathrooms at Clayton West & the Firebox Cafe at Clayton West.  The Firebox will be serving a limited menu of food selections

Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th September

We will be running an intense timetable (timetable will not be published until the evening before the event) throughout the weekend featuring all of our available home fleet and the visiting engines your ticket includes unlimited travel on all the locomotives running!

We will have stationary engines, workshop tours, photo displays and also be our usual offering of activities available, Jumping Pillow, Crazy Golf, Playgounds, Pedal Cars. All of this INCLUDED in your ticket price.

A £1.80 transaction fee will be added per booking (not per ticket).

Once purchased, tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable unless the service is cancelled by Whistlestop Valley.

If an event operates as scheduled but a ticket holder is unable to attend/use their tickets for whatever reason, no refund will be given.

For our Ticket Sales Terms & Conditions, please click here.