Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - Travel Guide for a Family Day Out in Kent, England
This video is about Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, one of Kent's top tourist attractions and one of the smallest public #railways in the world.
If you start your journey at Hythe Station, arrive at least 15 minutes before your departure time. There is a complimentary car park for the customers at the station. The exit to the trains is through the gift shop where you can find all kinds of #train sets, railway souvenirs and books.
From the platform, you can watch a steam locomotive being turned and filled with coal and water. Every locomotive has a name, this one is Southern Maid. She was built in 1926, almost 100 years ago!
The railway now operates 20-seat and 16-seat open and closed coaches. You cannot choose your seats, they are assigned automatically. There are special carriages for wheelchair users and pushchairs too. Children under 3 and dogs go on the train free! There are perspex partitions between carriage compartments for your additional safety.
The railway runs from #Hythe to Dungeness. It is a 13 and a half miles track. On weekends, there are up to 5 trains steaming between 7 stations. Usually you will stop at Dymchurch and New Romney Stations before arriving at the final destination.
In Dungeness, you will have about 40 minutes before your train goes back so you can use facilities and have a nice lunch at the End of the Line restaurant. They have kids lunch boxes too!
All ten original steam locomotives remain in service, each covering up to 10,000 miles a year. They are 1/3 full size and they were made to run safely at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour on rails only 15 inches apart! Our locomotive was changed at New Romney station for the diesel JB Snell so we said goodbye to Southern Maid.
If the weather is nice, you can leave the train at Dymchurch where the station is only a five minute walk from the long sandy beach and an amusement park. But we came back to Hythe and had a snack at Hythe Coffee Shop. You can buy special Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway fudge, jam and cake here!
Later we came back to Romney Marsh. This is a great spot to watch the steam trains passing by! We were lucky to see Samson and Green Goddess.
Hope you will have a chance to visit Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway!
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Beautiful video tour, thank you for sharing!
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂❤️
This is nice!
I love andrei’s personality. He is going to do big things when he grows up! Great view of the railway.
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it's very kind of you 🙂❤️
Amazing places, great explanations. You're a cool virtual tour guide 🥳👍
Hello, such an amazing video 😍 I liked 👍 have a nice day 😊
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Have a great day too 🙂❤️
You did such a great job with this video. Love your editing also
@avrails9013
Жыл бұрын
The only editing is the google slide type transition, DIPSTICK
Another great video. Very enjoyable, and brilliant presenting, Andrei!
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, you are very kind 🙂
Amazing Video Andrei! Your videos get better and better every single time
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Hasan! 🤝
Great video Andrei! Thank you very much for visiting us :)
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your lovely comment, it’s very kind of you! 😊 My little brother and I enjoyed our visit and will definitely come back again! 🚂
Awesome vid! Love your accent Andrei and i havent rode on a train so this was fascinating to watch. well done! 👏🏼 Genuine friend here from Bacolod Philippines., and here to stay permanently in your home. Hope to see you join our journey too. 😊 Stay safe! 👋🏼
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, it's very kind of you! 🙂
Great video. Locomotive no. 3 Southern Maid is my favourite steam locomotive on the railway, but I also do love the other ones too. There are 11 steam locomotives and 2 diesels: 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive No. 1 Green Goddess 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive No. 2 Northern Chief 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive No. 3 Southern Maid (my favourite). 0-4-0 Tender Tank Locomotive No. 4 The Bug 4-8-2 Mountain Class Locomotive No. 5 Hercules 4-8-2 Mountain Class Locomotive No. 6 Samson 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive No. 7 Typhoon (Flying Scotsman) 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive No. 8 Hurricane 4-6-2 Canadian Pacific Locomotive No. 9 Winston Churchill 4-6-2 Canadian Pacific Locomotive No. 10 Doctor Syn 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive No. 11 Black Prince Mainline Diesel Locomotive No. 12 J B Snell B0-B0 Mainline Diesel Locomotive No. 14 Captain Howey The trains run at a top speed of 25mph, equivalent to their scale of 75mph, and run on 15 Gauge Track.👍
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the details, it's great to know! 🚂
Nice 👍
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 🙂❤️
Great video! 🤩 #zellebalida
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! 🙂❤️
Awesome video! Your channel is definitely underrated you deserve more views and subscribers
@AM-FamilyAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it’s very nice of you 🙂 My channel is very new, hope it will become more popular with time 😊