This page is for our upcomming show. To see details of our previous events click here

8-9 November 2025

For any enquiries regarding the 2025 show, please contact tolworthshowtrain@gmail.com

Tolworth Showtrain is our Society’s annual model railway show. 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 8 Nov 10.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 9 Nov 10.00am - 4.00pm

PRICES

Adult	£10

Child	£3

Family 2+2	£21

Sunday Special

One child free with every paying adult

Cash and card payments will be accepted on the door

Returning for 2025 - live steam rides are in operation.

Take a ride behind a real minature steam engine (an additional charge will apply). With the kind support of the Malden District Society of Model Engineers.

Layouts
These are the layouts already confirmed attending in 2025.

The Bergeller Bahn	HO	Swiss
Copper Wort	16.5	Midlands 1902
Denton Sidings	O	LNER/LMS 1960
Edward's Junction and Thomas End	OO	Thomas and Friends
Essex Brick	OO	Freelance 1950s
Express Daisy Sidings	EM	Industrial GWR 1960s
Fairwood Junction	OO	Wiltshire, present day
Fawcett Street	OO	British Rail Steam/diesel
Garreg Wen	OO9	Snowdonia C19th
Gordons Lane	OO	Modern Wessex mainline
Hatch End	N	BR 1980s
Hope under Dinmore	EM	LNWR/GWR 1910s
Inspired by Friedrichstrasse	HO	East Germany 1960s
Kensington Addison Road	O	West London 1925
Launceston Steam Railway	OO9	Cornwall historic
Rossiter Rise	OO	Northwest London
The Royal Albert Bridge	N	Brunel tribute 1960s
Staffordshire Potteries	N	Stoke-on-Trent
Swillibegs
Tony's Forest	O14	Narrow Gauge 1950s
Yard No 2	P4	LNWR 1925

Demonstration Stands

EMU Building	Kit Building/Modelling
Scenery Modelling	Soldering
Weathering

Society Stands

4SUB Association	Hampton and Kempton Waterworks Railway
Long Ditton Light Railway	Malden District Society of Model Engineers
Railway Correspondence and Travel Society	Southern Electric Group

Trade Stands

Addlestone Model Centre	Aspire Gifts and Models
Best Model Toys	Fenland Model Railways
Golden Arrow Productions	Heritage in Motion
JB's Model World	Kernow Model Rail Centre
Models U Drive	MSC Models
Organised Octopus	Rail – Books
Richard Pane's Model Spares	Roxley Models
Sunningwell Command & Control	The Totem Man
The Wagon Yard	Wheels of Southsea
W M Collectables

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.

Saturday 8th	Surbiton Stop NN to Show	09:45 10:10 10:40 11:10 11:40 12:10 12:40 13:55 14:25 14:55 15:25 15:55 16:25

	Show to Surbiton Stop NN	10:25 10:55 11:25 11:55 12:25 12:55 14:10 14:40 15:10 15:40 16:10 16:40 17:20

Sunday 9th	Surbiton Stop NN/NP to Show	09:55 10:25 10:55 11:25 11:55 12:25 13:40 14:10 14:40 15:10

	Show to Surbiton Stop NN	11:10 11:40 12:10 12:40 13:55 14:25 15:25 16:00

Note:- Whilst every effort will be made to maintain this timetable, delays may be incurred due to traffic conditions. In the case of extreme late running a service may be cancelled to restore the timetable.

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 free parking on site at Tolworth Recreation Centre.