Skip to primary navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

Coopersville & Marne Railway

90 Minute Vintage Passenger Train Rides Departing Our Boarding Platform 311 Danforth Street, Cooperville, MI

We offer a historic accessible friendly rail passenger car on most trains.

*Tickets are sold by and trains operated by the nonprofit Friends of Coopersville & Marne Railway

Our New Trains for 2024...

Rails, Ales & Wine Trains

Join us for special evenings aboard our train, relaxing with the beverage of your choice and a flavorful appetizer or snack as you enter the vintage era of train travel.

“Vintage” trains will run on May 31st & Sep 20th, our “Americana” train on Jun 28th, and our “Beach Fun” train on Jul 26th.  We would love to serve you on All of them! Book now!

Includes a light snack and 2 beverages of your choice. We have nice selection of alcoholic beverages, and also offer non-alcoholic selections.

*Oktoberfest Express trains are listed as a separate item, scroll down to book on the Oktoberfest Express!

90 minutes, Ages 21+, ID required

Oktoberfest Express Train

Don your Bavarian hats and lederhosen & come enjoy an Oktoberfest celebration aboard our vintage train. Enjoy your choice of beer or our other available drinks and light snacks while you roll along to great Oktoberfest music. A truly unique experience available in West Michigan!

Includes 2 beverages and a snack. We offer a nice selection of alcoholic beverages including Oktoberfest beer, and also offer non-alcoholic selections.

90 minutes, Ages 21+, ID required

Ride Our Trains!

Pumpkin Train

A West Michigan Family Fall Tradition! Always a hit with both children and adults, the PUMPKIN TRAIN sells out quickly so get your tickets early. We encourage the kids (and parents) to wear their Halloween costumes for some extra fun. The Famous Pumpkin and goofy sidekicks will entertain you with their crazy antics and each child may chose a pumpkin from our pumpkin patch at the end of their ride.

Choose Premium Class for Table Seating with Locally sourced cider (Hill Brother’s Orchard) and Coopersville’s famous “Delly Belly” pumpkin theme donuts included!

All ages. 90 minutes

Santa Train

All aboard the Santa Train!  Our vintage train has a special seat reserved just for Santa and his elves and all the kids get to meet him and receive a special gift from him. This is one of our most popular rides and you won’t want to miss this opportunity to meet Santa and take pictures!  Trains sell out quickly on this one, so buy your tickets in advance!

This year’s Caroling Train will be held on December 22nd, at 5pm.

Choose Premium Class for Table Seating that includes Biggby Hot Cocoa and a Cookie from our local Delly Belly bakery!

Runs weekends between Thanksgiving and Christmas

All ages, 90 minutes

How we operate...

Coopersville & Marne Railway owns and maintains our train track and most of our equipment. We fall under the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) and must comply with all inspection, saftey and operating crew training and certification standards. Friends of the Coopersville & Marne Railway is a non-profit 501-C corporation that sells the tickets for and operates all Coopersville & Marne Railway passenger trains. Over the past 35 years hundreds of thousands of passengers have enjoyed a trips on our vintage trains. Please visit mitrain.net for more information about our upcoming trains.