Based in Bo’ness, just a 40 minute drive from Glasgow and Edinburgh, this 4 star Visit Scotland rated attraction, offers the chance to board a vintage steam or diesel-hauled train.
Soak up the atmosphere of this heritage railway, travel by steam train and explore Scotland's largest railway museum.
Visitors can enjoy the on-train buffet where afternoon tea is served on most Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Or you can visit the on site cafe which has now won a Visit Scotland Taste our Best Award for using locally sourced produce.
Open weekends April to October and midweek days during the school holidays.
There is also a programme of special events for everyone from tiny tots to avid train enthusiasts including Day Out With Thomas™, Santa Steam Trains, Black Bun specials and much more.
Film location
The Railway has been used as a film location in a number of films and TV series including "The Railway Man", "39 Steps", and more recently "Outlander" plus many more.
Discover this and more attractions featured in Outlander in our Outlander themed film locations trial.
Visit Scotland has an excellent Outlander Film Location map which you can access here, to download the Outlander map click here.
Follow in Jamie and Claire’s footsteps for yourself with this fantastic Outlander audio guide created by Visit Scotland.