The 35th Annual Holiday Train Show will run from Nov. 14, 2026, through Jan. 10, 2027, at the New York Botanical Garden, located at 2900 Southern Boulevard in the Bronx. Model trains will navigate tracks laid across botanical replicas of nearly 200 landmarks inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, alongside an outdoor mountain display on the Conservatory Lawn.

Each G-scale model train setting features miniature New York City landmarks constructed entirely from plant materials like palm fronds, pinecones, twigs, cinnamon sticks, and acorns. The indoor and outdoor tracks showcase train engines and streetcars passing structures like the Brooklyn Bridge, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Radio City Music Hall, the original Penn Station, and the first Yankee Stadium.

New for the 2026–2027 season is a botanical replica of One Vanderbilt, incorporating natural materials to recreate the Midtown Manhattan skyscraper and its SUMMIT observatory. The venue will also offer extended operating hours until 8 p.m. on select dates, including Nov. 27–29, Dec. 5, Dec. 11–12, Dec. 18–20, Dec. 26–30, and Jan. 2, with last entry at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the exhibition are on sale now and can be reserved online through nybg.org or by phone at 718-817-8700. Admission covers access to both the indoor and outdoor train displays as well as the surrounding grounds and historic gardens of the New York Botanical Garden.

First staged as a modest seasonal exhibit in 1992, the Holiday Train Show has grown into a 35-year winter tradition in New York City. Special funding for this year’s new One Vanderbilt model was provided by SL Green Realty Corp. and the Summit OV Foundation.

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