During the Second World War, a group of children are evacuated to a Yorkshire village. They meet a young soldier who, like them, is far away from home.
The Railway Children follows the lives of three siblings who are forced to move from their comfortable life in London to a small country house after their father mysteriously disappears. In their new surroundings, they befriend a kindly railway porter and embark on numerous adventures, ultimately uncovering the truth about their father's disappearance.