but they do not expect a whistle in the night. Willowdale Station has been closed for years. The rails are gone, the clock is stuck, and a wild purple butterfly bush has pushed its way through the waiting-room window. But at 10:17, the girls see something impossible: a steam train returning beneath the bridge, carrying passengers from another time.

With Shandy the gentle spaniel, Scruff the fiercely important terrier, and a growing collection of hidden clues, Elsie and Daisy begin to uncover the story of Tommy and Nellie, two wartime children separated by a promise.

As the sisters explore old ticket machines, secret maps, dusty suitcases, forgotten railway rooms and storm-battered cupboards, Willowdale slowly reveals what it has been waiting to remember.

The Last Train is a warm, magical mystery for young readers who enjoy gentle adventure, old places, hidden histories, family stories and a little shiver of wonder.