Kerr's Miniature Railway
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Kerr's Miniature Railway is a gauge
railway situated adjacent to the east coast mainline railway to Aberdeen, in West Links Park Arbroath
. It is the oldest miniature railway in Scotland, having first opened for business in 1935. Under its original owner, Matthew Kerr (senior), it was a commercial business but since 1979 when it passed to his son, Matt Kerr, it has been run as a non-profit concern by Matt with the help of a small group of volunteers.
With the death of Matthew Kerr, owner of Kerr's Miniature Railway, on 17 April 2006 after a prolonged illness, the future of the railway has been uncertain. However Matthew Kerr's widow and son have continued to run the railway with the help of the volunteers
Kerr's Miniature Railway is a family run business located is Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. It runs a 1/2 mile ride along Arbroath's seafront on a scale gauge line. The railway has 6 engines of which two are steam engines. Price for a return ride is £1 and opening times are weekends April to end of September and both Easter and Summer local school holidays. Times are 11am to 4pm.
Rail gauge
Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers...
railway situated adjacent to the east coast mainline railway to Aberdeen, in West Links Park Arbroath
Arbroath
Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785...
. It is the oldest miniature railway in Scotland, having first opened for business in 1935. Under its original owner, Matthew Kerr (senior), it was a commercial business but since 1979 when it passed to his son, Matt Kerr, it has been run as a non-profit concern by Matt with the help of a small group of volunteers.
With the death of Matthew Kerr, owner of Kerr's Miniature Railway, on 17 April 2006 after a prolonged illness, the future of the railway has been uncertain. However Matthew Kerr's widow and son have continued to run the railway with the help of the volunteers
Kerr's Miniature Railway is a family run business located is Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. It runs a 1/2 mile ride along Arbroath's seafront on a scale gauge line. The railway has 6 engines of which two are steam engines. Price for a return ride is £1 and opening times are weekends April to end of September and both Easter and Summer local school holidays. Times are 11am to 4pm.