Crawley Model Engineers

About Us

The Crawley Model Engineers is a nonprofit organisation that was founded in 1962 by a group of engineers working in one of the factories in Crawley. Shortly after its formation, the Club approached the local Council for a site in Goffs Park on which to build a raised level track. Permission was granted & an ‘up and down’ track of about 750 feet was built. Two years later an extended section was opened to give a complete circuit of approximately 1250 feet or 380 metres. This required two cuttings & help was given by the Council with a digger & a dumper truck. The railway has continued to run since that date, the original railway sleeper bed being replaced with custom made girders. The aluminium track has a ruling grade of about 1 in 100 with two short sections of 1 in 80.

The Goffs Park Light Railway is operated voluntarily by the Crawley Model Engineers club members & provides public passenger rides every Sunday & Bank holiday Monday afternoon between late March & late October (BST) between the hours of 2pm and 5pm*.

Goffs Park Light Railway is situated about 1 mile west of Crawley High Street, alongside the Crawley/Horsham mainline: postcode RH11 8PB. Click this link for Google Map location.

The elevated 1250 feet / 381 metre long circuit has 5 and 3.5 inch capability.

From 2020 the fare will be 50 pence after being just 30 pence for the last twenty or so years, the ride takes approximately two minutes.
Five club locomotives, nine passenger carriages & two driving cars are available for use, with preference being given to Members' locomotives, of which there are roughly 20.

Wednesday mornings we usually meet up at the track to perform routine & emergency maintenance or sometimes to just chat & drink tea.
In the winter closed season we also meet on a Sunday morning, the 1st Sunday of each month* the track is reserved for members to run their locos.
See the newsletter link above for up to date information.
*Weather permitting

For more information about us, please contact us using the Contact Us form.