Chester Zoo’s free shuttle bus Tiger has made a “roaring” return to the city for 2010!
The service is free of charge for all Zoo visitors who have travelled by train to Chester and runs daily until 12 September.
Details on Chester Zoo’s rather colourful website!
The Railway Touring Company is running a steam special from Cleethorpes to Chester and back via Stockport-Altrincham-Northwich on Saturday 12th June hauled by LMS Black 5 4-6-0 44871.
More details are on their website.
If you’re out and about on our line and get some good pictures, why not send them to the North Wales Coast website?
We are pleased to see Cheshire East Council is this year sponsoring a free bus service from Knutsford, Northwich & Hartford stations to the Cheshire Show. Some of the connections at Knutsford are good.
For the full timetable, click here.
Here’s an offer spotted by our friend, Community Rail Officer for the Crewe to Manchester Line, Robert Morton.
Register with the Daily Mail by midnight on 7 May, and get a free Family & Friends Railcard until 11 July.
Here’s the link.
Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival from 3-5 April is apparently the first UK festival to launch an ‘eco-ticket’.
£2 will be refunded on proof of travelling to the festival by public transport – either bus or train or if you ride your bike.
For more details, click here.
Across the road from Mouldsworth station is one of Cheshire’s best gastropubs.
Originally known as “The Station Hotel”, it was bought by local pub company Woodward & Falconer around 10 years ago. They have invested significantly in bringing it up to its current excellent standards, improving its interior as well as the surrounding gardens. [...]
TPE have reintroduced their Club 55 offer for the period 1st March to 30th April: see here.
There’s some great value tickets based on zones from as little as £5 return (£4 with a railcard) Manchester to Liverpool, to £20 return Manchester to Glasgow or Edinburgh (Railcard – £16) or £30 First Class (Railcard – £24).
Also, [...]
Northern reintroduced scholar discounts on the line last September for those attending Knutsford High School. These provide discounts of £100s a term.
This offer has been so successful, Northern have decided to extend it to all scholars travelling on the line. This will definitely come in next September, though could well come in earlier.
Here’s some example [...]
If you’re prepared to travel outside the peaks and avoid the busy times of Monday mornings, Friday afternoons and Sunday afternoons, there are some really good value advance booked tickets to be had.
Often these can be bought to/from stations on our line for little more than the cost of buying the ticket from the junction [...]
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