Blenheim Riverside Railway
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Blenheim Riverside Railway runs a narrow gauge train in Blenheim, New Zealand between Beaver Station We run on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month.
Blenheim Riverside Railway runs trains along a 5.5km line beside the Taylor River in Blenheim, New Zealand. Fares to Omaka Station return are $10 for adults and $6 for children. Departs at 1.15 and 3.00pm
Fares to Beaver Station return are $16 for adults and $8 for children. Departs at 1.45pm
Blenheim Riverside Railway Society is completely run by volunteers, and we would welcome for you to help with many different tasks, just ask the train crew for details.
22/11/2025
Full steam ahead for Blenheim Riverside Railway Society’s 40th The public is invited to witness the “largest collection of two-foot gauge locomotives and carriages ever seen in New Zealand”.
The train today is canceled due to the river level being over the tracks and our trains not making very good submarines.
03/06/2024
Blenheim Riverside Railway won an award at the annual FRONZ (Federation of Rail Organisations of NZ) for the restoration of our restoration of our Price built Da8 “Doug”!
04/02/2024
Riverside railway is running tomorrow (Tuesday 6th) for Brayshaw Park Heritage Day.
Trains to Beaver Station near central Blenheim leave Brayshaw park every 30 minutes from 10.30am.
The railcar departs every 30 minutes starting at 10.45 to Omaka and back.
Come check out all the interesting things going on and Brayshaw Park Heritage day.
26/12/2023
We have just updated our running days for January 2024.
Diesel Locomotive Running Days:
1st, 4th, 10th, 14th, 17th, 21st and 28th January
Steam Locomotive Running Days:
7th of January and 4th of Febuary
No passenger train running today due to the weather and surface flooding.
There are 5 days of School Holiday running on July 2nd (steam), 5, 9, 12 and 16.
21/03/2023
Due to flooding of a section of our track, beyond our control, our passenger trips to BEAVER STATION will instead stop at, and return from FULTON STATION, until the river can be cleared.
Aqua cycling might be the latest thing in downtown Blenheim but it is not recommended.
Various environmental factors have combined which means we will have to put up with a flooded boardwalk at the amphitheatre for a bit longer yet.
The wet summer on top of two major storms over the last two years has meant increased siltation - or aggradation - of the river bed. And while we can't cut the river weeds during the whitebait spawning season from February to April we can start cutting again on Monday 1 May. We can also remove some of the sediment and gravel.
In the meantime please walk or cycle around the flooded bit. The Eastern side is dry.
More info: https://www.marlborough.govt.nz/your-council/latest-news-notices-and-media-releases/all-news-notices-and-media-releases?item=id:2lcq2rryd1cxbyy91usd
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Brayshaw Park, Arthur Baker Place
Blenheim