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Welcome to the Bigjigs Rail Blog

Get your wooden railway on track with the Bigjigs Rail blog. Packed with helpful articles, advice, and play ideas for train-mad kids.

A Spotlight On Our New Themed Train Toys

A Spotlight On Our New Themed Train Toys

Your attention, please! An exciting new range of train sets, train toys & accessories has pulled into the Bigjigs Rail station. Take a first peek here.
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7 Stocking Fillers For Kids Who Love Train Toys

7 Stocking Fillers For Kids Who Love Train Toys

From rail name letters to festive toy trains, we have picked 7 of our favourite wooden railway stocking fillers for kids to open on Christmas morning.
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All Aboard For Black Friday: Up To 40% Off

All Aboard For Black Friday: Up To 40% Off

Take a first peek at our Black Friday deals and bag up to 40% off themed wooden train sets, railway toys and accessories. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!
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Best Train Sets For Animal Lovers

Best Train Sets For Animal Lovers

Join us to explore the benefits of animal train play, such as creativity & improved vocabulary, and discover 3 of our favourite rail sets for little cubs!
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Spotlight On Our New Car Track Toy

Spotlight On Our New Car Track Toy

Explore how car play can fuel your toddler’s development and take a closer look at our impressive new 47-piece car track toy, Roadway Race Day.
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7 Train Toys To Enhance Your Wooden Railway

7 Train Toys To Enhance Your Wooden Railway

Keep your tot’s love of train toys on track with our top pick of wooden train accessories, including a Pixie Treehouse, Dinosaur Crane, Skull Cave & more.
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Coastal Train Toys Your Kids Are Shore To Love

Coastal Train Toys Your Kids Are Shore To Love

Shell-ebrate World Ocean Day together as a family and use our coastal train toys as ‘bait’ to teach your kids all about how to look after and protect our oceans!
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Roarsome Dinosaur Train Toys For Toddlers

Roarsome Dinosaur Train Toys For Toddlers

On the hunt for a dinosaur train, but dino where to begin? We’ve got you. These t-riffic dinosaur rail toys are saur to put a Jurassic smile on the faces of your dinky dino fans.
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5 Skills Kids Can Learn From Train Toys

5 Skills Kids Can Learn From Train Toys

The wooden train set has been a childhood favourite for generations, but this timeless toy has far more to it than you might think. We take a look at 5 skills kids can learn from train toys.
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Best Train Sets To Go Under Your Christmas Tree

Best Train Sets To Go Under Your Christmas Tree

The tradition of placing train sets under the Christmas tree dates back 100 years. Find out more about this festive throwback and discover our pick of the best Christmas tree train sets.
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7 Things You Might Not Know About The Flying Scotsman

7 Things You Might Not Know About The Flying Scotsman

Happy St Andrew’s Day to our Scottish neighbours! To mark the occasion, we’re shining a light on the legendary Flying Scotsman steam train - one of our most popular railway sets.
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Best of British Train Sets

Best of British Train Sets

Did you know that the 3rd of October is Buy British Day? Established in 2014, Buy British Day is dedicated to championing British brands and businesses. Bigjigs Rail is a British family-run business with all products lovingly designed in Folkestone, Kent. Discover our favourite best of British trains and train sets below.
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