Most train sets give you a train and a loop. This one adds the lineside: a station platform with a clock reading eight o'clock, standing road signs at the crossing, and trees to place around the circuit. It is the difference between a train that goes round and a railway a child builds a story on.

The locomotive is black with a brass-gold boiler front, funnel and cowcatcher, and red wheels underneath. Behind it run a red-roofed passenger coach, a white boxcar lettered Transport, and an open brown stake wagon for loads a child invents. The lamp lights and the engine plays sound as it runs.

The track sections push together into an oval that the supplier lists at about 162 x 75 cm, so this is a floor set rather than a table one. Once the circuit is closed, the platform sits on the inside of a curve and the signs stand at the crossing, which is where most of the play ends up happening.

Everything is push-fit and nothing is glued, so the whole railway comes apart into the box at the end of the day. The supplier lists it as battery operated and does not supply cells, so keep a pack at home if it is going to be opened as a gift.

It suits about three years and up. Younger children will want help closing the track joints; older ones set out the scenery themselves and rearrange the platform and signs every time they build it.

The Safencia price is Rs. 8,750 with Cash on Delivery across Pakistan, including Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Stock, your city and delivery charges are confirmed on WhatsApp before dispatch.

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