Tolworth Showtrain

Tolworth Showtrain is Hampton Court MRS's annual model railway show in November. It is one of the largest shows held in the South East.

It takes place over two days at;

 Tolworth Recreation Centre
Fullers Way North, Tolworth, Surrey, KT6 7LQ.

Saturday 9 Nov 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 10 Nov 10.00am - 4.00pm

PRICES

  

Adult  £9

  

Child  £3

  

Family 2+2  £19

  

Sunday Special

  

One child free with every paying adult

  

Card payments will be accepted this year

 

New for 2024 - live steam rides in operation.

Take a ride behind a real minature steam engine (an additional charge will apply).

 

Layouts

Bigbury on Sea, 4mm, GWR, Devon

Brief Encounter, OO, Monochromatic, from the film

Compass Point, 4mm, 1950s South Coast

Cynon Valley, NGWR,  WW2

Dillmouth, GWR 1930s

Drws-y-Nant, 2mm, GWR, 1930s or 1950s

Edwards Junction & Thomas End, OO, Isle of Sodor, Thomas and Friends

Elbow Lane, BR Southern 1980s

Folly Lane, OO, Network South East 1990s

Forrestone, N, Southern 2010s

Kaninchenbau, HOe, Austrian Alps

Kinmundy, EM, Scotland, 1960s

Loctern Quay, 4mm, UK independent, 1930s

Lochty, EM, North British, 1910s

Los Tanimals, N, USA, mid-20th century

Loughborough Midland, OO, Midland Mainline, sectorisation.

Northport Quay, 7mm, Ireland 1900s & 1950s

Ropley, OO, Southern preserved railway

Shepherdswell, OO, East Kent Railway 1960s

Trinity Dock Street Bridge, OO, Hull, 1939

Wantage Narrow Gauge Tramway, OO9, Tramway 1920s

Wimborne, 4mm, British Rail 1960s

Wisteria Collop, 4mm, SW England 1970s

 

Demonstration Stands

EMU Building demonstration

Scenic Modeling

Soldering for Beginners

Weathering Demonstration

 

Society Stands

4SUB Association

Gauge O Guild

Malden District Society of Model Engineers

Network South East Railway Society

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

 

Trade Stands

Aspire Gifts and Models

Addlestone Model Centre

Best Model Toys

David Smith Books

Fenland Model Railways

Golden Arrow Productions

Heritage in motion

JB's Model World

Kent Garden Railways

MSC Models

Model Railway Bits

Model Railway Developments

Models U Drive Rail – Books

Richard Panes Model Spares

Roxley Models

Sunningwell Command & Control

The Totem Man

The Wagon Yard

Wheels of Southsea

 

Where we are

 

Travelling by public transport

The venue is a 1.6 mile walk from Surbiton Railway station or a 1.3 mile walk from Tolworth Railway Station.

As well as the free shuttle bus from Surbiton Railway Station (see below) there are also many TFL busses that travel near to the venue;

From Kingston: 71 / 281 / 406 / 418 / 465 / K1 / K4

From Dorking: 265

From New Malden: 265 / K1

From Chesington: 71

From Epsom: 406 / 418 / 467 (Sat)

From Putney: 265

Free Shuttle Bus from Surbiton Station

We are operating a free bus link between Surbiton Station and the show.

A timetable for the bus service will be provided closer to the event date.

 

Travelling by car

Tolworth Recreation Centre is within the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), people travelling to the venue by private transport will have to have a compliant vehicle or pay a charge to drive for that day. The vast majority of vehicles are compliant with the emissions standards. Check your vehicle here.

There is parking on site at Tolworth Recreation Centre.