Knebworth Park has had its own railway since 1971, when a 2ft narrow gauge connected the house to the Adventure Playground about ¾ mile away. The railway was stocked with ex-industrial locomotion including ex-quarry Hunslet Steam engines ‘Lilla’, Triassic" and ‘Lady Joan’ and later the sugar plantation locomotive ‘Sezela-4’. In the 1980s, a railway museum was added. The Adventure Playground was resited in 1990 and old railway and museum were sold.
In 1991 a 10 ¼” miniature railway was opened at the new Adventure Playground. The line runs for 1,200 yards and the working locos include three ‘historic’ items - ‘Pilgrim’ 0-6-0 steam, ex-Wells and Walsingham railway, ‘Uncle Jim’ diesel, ex-Hastings railway and ‘Jungle Express’ petrol ex-Paignton Zoo railway. The rolling stock consists of two rakes of six articulated ‘Ian- Allen’ style carriages.
2012 marks the final year of the Knebworth Park Railway - be sure to catch your last ride this summer!
