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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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Today is Emergency Services Day (also known as 999 Day). What better way to get kids involved in supporting our heroic emergency service workers than through play? 

Kids are fascinated by trains - whether it’s watching Thomas the Tank Engine on repeat, playing with their favourite train set, or seeing them chug past at the local train station, it’s easy to see why trains are well-loved by children. Explore our favourites.

Does your youngster love trains? Whether they love to watch trains chug past or are obsessed with the likes of Thomas the Tank Engine, we’ve rounded up the best days out for train-mad kids across England.

Leave a little sparkle this International Fairy Day! At Bigjigs Rail, we love fairies and it’s no surprise that a few of our train toys are inspired by these mystical creatures. Fulfil your little fairy lover’s magical fantasies with our charming fairy train set collection.