Established 1983

Haxey Halt station was built in 1996 and closed in May 2000. The station with a siding for local trains operating from Haxey Halt to Sandtoft Central (see map for track and station layout) Trains also stopped here for passengers to have a look at the exhibition area in the railway shed. The last train to use the station was on the 2 May 2000. Seen here is a visiting locomotive at the 1998 Summer Festival Event. The platform and tracks has been removed for a display of lawn mowers.

Welcome to the website for the Sandtoft Miniature Railway group.
This website has now been up and running since 2000, some seventeen years after the formation of the group to operate a miniature railway at the Sandtoft Transport Centre in 1983. The group operated the railway at Sandtoft from 1983 until 2000. The miniature railway was operated very successfully during those years and became a very huge attraction with the visitors especially the children. Being successful I guess has its drawbacks and for unfounded theories that the railway was over shadowing the trolleybuses as an attraction.
Due to major operational problems (see introduction page for more details) caused by a small handful of persons at the museum who through there own self motivated reasons caused damage to the tracks and with verbal threats that was not going to ensure that the members property or the safety of the passengers and our members could be guaranteed. In May 2000 seven years ago the Sandtoft Miniature Railway Group was invited by Doncaster & District Model Engineering Society Ltd to transfer their operations to the Thorne Memorial Park Miniature Railway some five miles away from Sandtoft. Our members are presently active at the this miniature railway on a regular basis and have successfully obtained a large amount of funding and sponsorship for projects at Thorne. Information about the 2007 operations at Thorne can be obtained by visiting their website click here
By contrast to our railway activities six of our members have been actively involved with the Friends of Doncaster Grand Theatre. Thanks to the hard work by theses members the Victorian Theatre built in 1899 has been saved from being demolition. Currently good progress is being made to re-open the theatre. If you would like to obtain further information about this project please visit their website http://www.friendsofthegrandtheatre.co.uk/  Another venture is that several of members are involved with local community radio in Thorne www.thornemoorendscommunityradio.co.uk We are now helping to get the radio station back on the air early in 2008 with a another 28 day RSL licence and in 2008/9 with a 5 year licence.

Latest News Ofcom have grant a 5 year license for the station to start broadcasting in July 2009 on 95.3FM. This is the same frequency that we are hoping to be available in 2008 for the four week RSL (Restricted Service Licence) with broadcasts somewhere between Easter and August. Date yet to be finalised.