Umgeni Steam Railway

Overview

Umgeni Steam Railway is a railway heritage organisation operated by volunteers. Organisation has been in operation for some 37 years. Public trains run from Kloof Station (Stoker''s Arms)to Inchanga-a distance of 25km-on the first and last Sunday of each month. Inchanga has a colonial station (Built in the 1890's) 45 minutes ride away along the picturesque Old Main Line,as it wends its way through the Valley of a Thousand Hills. The line was completed in 1880 and is one of the oldest active railway lines in South Africa today,renowned for its 1:30 gradients and 90m radius curves. It also sports the country's oldest remaining railway tunnel still in regular use. From a small beginning we now carry up to 600 passengers each regular running day,and up to 800 people on special trains such as Santa Specials over summer holiday period.