Sir Rod Stewart, 79, ‘plans to take his beloved 1,500 sq ft model railway station to Glastonbury Festival’

Sir Rod Stewart is reportedly planning to bring his beloved 1,500 square meter model railway station to Glastonbury and is considering creating a mini version of the festival.

The hitmaker, 79, was the first confirmed act for Glastonbury 2025, with the rock star playing the Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage.

But according to fellow train enthusiast and friend Jools Holland, the rocker will pack heavier than usual as he told The Mirror he plans to take one of his stations with him.

Jools told the publication: ‘He cannot take the whole with him set because it is huge.

‘But when he’s on tour he has a station building that he takes to a hotel.

‘He could create his own little railway line that goes around Glastonbury – a little ride that goes up to the Healing Fields, around the jazz tent and back to the Pyramid Stage.’

The hitmaker, 79, was the first act confirmed for Glastonbury 2025, with the festival announcing on Tuesday that the rock star will play the Legends slot on the Pyramid Stage

Jools toured with Rod earlier this year and also scored a No. 1 hit album with Swing Fever.

But in his interview, Jools admitted he ‘didn’t know how to react’ and joked about whether he should put his Rolls-Royce in a swimming pool.

Jools’ interview comes just days after Rod revealed the extreme lengths he went to in his quest to transport his beloved model railway collection to Britain.

Earlier this month he revealed his unlikely hobby for the first time, after deciding he was no longer ‘ashamed of it’.

Rod reportedly hired three giant shipping containers to keep his model railway intact, and even built an entire wood shop in California for the job.

To transport his model railway, he hired the same company that manages the logistics for his concerts.

A A grid plan of the old layout was created recording the location of all landscapes, structures and details, and the assignments were then securely packaged and split into 46 sections, making reassembly as easy as possible.

Rod described entering his workshop as ‘like entering the gates of heaven’ and admitted that the hobby ‘has taken over his life’.

According to fellow train enthusiast and friend Jools Holland, the rocker will pack heavier than usual, as he told The Mirror, and there are plans to take one of his stations with him

But Rod said he was afraid to reveal his new hobby because he thought “railway modeling and rock’n’roll didn’t mix” and so kept it hidden for years.

Rod showed off his incredible model railroad, which he calls “Grand Street & Three Rivers Railroad.”

He told it Railway Modeller Magazine that he finds working on his set ‘relaxing’ and often spends ‘four to five hours’ in his studio.

Rod said: ‘For me, when I walk into my workshop it’s like entering the gates of heaven. It’s just ahhh…this is my time. I’d say I spend an average of four or five hours a day if I can. Even if there are twenty minutes, I go to my workshop.

‘I can get a lot done in twenty minutes. And it really has kind of taken over my life. In a beautiful way. There was a time when I hid from it.

‘Because I thought that railway modeling and rock ‘n’ roll don’t mix and I was a bit ashamed of it. But I’m not that anymore, I’m proud of it. I mean, obviously music is my main life’s work, but this is definitely second.”

Rod transported his 900 feet of track 5,000 miles from LA to his home in Essex, with plans to expand the model even further.

He also swaps elements of the set with close friend and fellow train model fan Jools Holland, he revealed.