Reach visitors earlier
Many people know they want a railway day out before they know which railway to visit. Rail Away Days helps them compare options before they choose.
Promote Your Railway
Reach people already planning railway days out
Rail Away Days helps heritage railways, railway museums and experience providers reach visitors searching for steam train rides, family trips, train driving gifts, couples experiences and railways near their city.
Whether you want to promote a driver experience, a dining train, a seasonal event or a stronger visitor guide, we can help place your railway in the routes people actually use when planning a day out.
Not just a listing. Not just a gift link.
Visitors do not always start by searching for a railway name. They search for “steam train days out near me”, “train driving experience UK”, “railway gifts for dad”, “family train day out” or “heritage railway near Birmingham”. Rail Away Days is built around those discovery routes.
Why appear on Rail Away Days?
The site is designed to connect local discovery, occasion-led searches and bookable railway experiences.
Appear in city routes
City Search allows railways to be discovered from nearby towns and cities, not just by people who already know the railway name.
Support bookable products
Gift vouchers, train driving, dining trains, cream teas and family tickets can be positioned in pages that match buying intent.
Promote seasonal events
Santa trains, galas, themed running days, family events and special services can be built into relevant planning routes.
Connect guide and gift traffic
Rail Away Days links railway guides with family, couples, gifts, days out and train-driving content so visitors can keep moving naturally.
Free listing option
A standard railway listing can be included free of charge where the railway provides a reciprocal link to Rail Away Days from its own website.
What we can help promote
Rail Away Days is best suited to railway-focused days out, experiences and gifts.
Visitor and railway guides
Stronger railway pages with visitor-friendly copy, local discovery links, practical information and onward routes to official or bookable pages.
Train driving and footplate days
Diesel driving, steam driving, cab rides, footplate experiences and enthusiast-focused gifts.
Dining trains and gift experiences
Cream teas, dining trains, afternoon tea, couples experiences, family tickets and special occasion products.
Seasonal railway events
Santa specials, galas, themed events, family days, museum open days and special running days.
How visitors move through the site
The goal is to help people go from “I fancy a railway day out” to a clear next step.
DiscoverVisitors arrive through city searches, gift searches, days out content or the railway directory.
CompareThey compare nearby railways, experience types, routes, occasions and visitor appeal.
ChooseThey open a railway guide, gift page, driving page or experience route that matches their intent.
Book or enquireWhere relevant, they click through to official railway information, provider pages or bookable products.
Example routes already on the site
These pages show the type of visitor journey Rail Away Days is building.
Chinnor Railway Guide
A railway page designed around visitor appeal, bookable experiences and onward planning links.
View pagePontypool & Blaenavon
A line page that connects the railway with South Wales days out and experience-led routes.
View pageTrain Driving Gifts
A high-intent gift route for visitors looking for hands-on railway experiences.
View pageFree listings and event support
We want the directory to be useful for visitors and fair for heritage railways.
Free railway listing
A basic listing on Rail Away Days is free for eligible heritage railways, railway museums and rail-focused visitor attractions where the railway provides a reciprocal link from its own website back to Rail Away Days.
This helps visitors move both ways: from Rail Away Days to the railway, and from the railway back to wider railway days out, gifts and discovery routes.
Mutually agreed event days
Railway-hosted events can be supported with staff on mutually agreed dates. These are not automatic placements: dates, staffing, event fit and promotional support are agreed with the railway in advance.
Where appropriate, Rail Away Days can help support and promote up to 24 railway event days per year.
What to send us
Tell us what you would like visitors to discover, book or understand.
If you would like to discuss a railway guide, event feature, gift product, experience page or provider partnership, send us the key details and we will suggest the best route.
✓Railway or provider name
✓Location, main station and visitor area
✓What you want to promote
✓Whether visitors can book online
✓Whether you can provide a reciprocal link for a free listing
✓Relevant dates, seasons or event windows
✓For event support, the mutually agreed dates where staff support may be needed
Rail Away Days is selective about fit. The site is best suited to heritage railways, preserved railways, railway museums, railway events, train driving providers, dining trains, railway gift vouchers and rail-focused visitor attractions.