New Hope Valley Railway’s very popular holiday attraction, Santa Express, is returning for 2025, and tickets are on sale now. They are very much subject to selling out.
Climb aboard the Santa Express for a 50-minute festive adventure through the twinkling, holiday-decorated woods! Play along with the Santa Express I Spy game as you spot cheerful decorations along the way. And of course, Santa himself will be on board to greet every passenger with a joyful “Ho, ho, ho!”
New Hope Valley Railway is also known as the Triangle’s Train, and is at 3900 Bonsai Road, New Hill, North Carolina, just 24 miles southwest of Raleigh.
Santa Express dates
- Saturday, December 6, 2025
- Sunday, December 7, 2025
- Thursday, December 11, 2025 (10:30 a.m. only)
- Saturday, December 13, 2025
- Sunday, December 14, 2025
- Saturday, December 20, 2025
Santa Express departures
- 9:30 a.m.
- 11 a.m.
- 12:30 p.m.
- 2:15 p.m.
- 3:45 p.m.
Tickets are $18.61 (including fees) and sell out quickly. Purchase tickets.
Learn about several other Christmas and Santa trains in North Carolina!
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