DSMEE is changing!
Click below to stay up to date on what we're doing to make our railway bigger and better than ever before.
Can't make it up to the park to see what we're up to? Click below to see behind-the-scenes photos from the project.
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What's Happening to the Railway?
Over the past few months, you may have noticed various changes happening to our railway in Marlay Park. Our open air station - which has served us faithfully for over 40 years - quickly disappeared, and a brand new covered-in structure has appeared in it's place. Believe it or not, this is actually our new railway station!
This renovation of our station area is actually only the first phase in a much-anticipated renovation of our railway. A short list of the things that this renovation project will include is:
- New multifunctional station.
- New storage facilities for our carriages and rolling stock.
- New clubhouse for members.
- New library for members.
- New solar panels for our workshop.
- New rolling stock.
- New path from the stable courtyard to the avenue.
- New, relocated ground-level railway track which will run around our raised line.
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Why are we doing this?
Ever since the society moved into Marlay Park, the intention was always to have passenger services on our ground track. However, due to a series of unfortunate circumstances, this vision never concretely materialised, and so our weekly services have been limited to the raised track, operating out of our station on the avenue.
On top of this, the society's facilities are starting to show their age. While fine for a small club in 80s, forty years on both the club and the public's expectation of the services we provide have changed. we're running low on space in our workshops and starting to fall behind the times.
This project seeks to solves all these issues. With this new, centralised station we will be able to offer train rides on our grand level line, and for adults as well as children! These new changes will revitalise our facilities and ensure the society can operate comfortably for another forty years, and hopefully many more beyond that!
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Where can I learn more?
If you want to see or know more about this project, check out our Project Gallery or Project News pages!
Shown here is a map of the Society's current layout. Our current ground level track (denoted in brown) will be relocated to create the new layout (denoted in blue) that will encircle our raised level track and our gauge 1 track (denoted in red and green respectively). A new branch line (in purple) connecting our engine sheds (marked in yellow) will also be built. The space cleared by the removal of our old track will make way for new park facilities.
Our railway and workshop facilities would not be possible without the support of:
