Many thanks from us to almost 20 of you who’ve written to us or emailed in your ideas for our 2011 railtour following our request in the latest issue of our Rail Report.
Ideas have included:
- Tenby in South Wales, incorporating other stops along the way
- Weymouth, again with stops along the way
- Pwllheli, now the [...]
Yesterday the “Parliamentary” Summer Saturday’s only train from Chester to Runcorn via the Halton Curve was extended courtesy of Northern Rail and with special support from Merseytravel to call at Helsby and Frodsham and then continuing from Runcorn to Liverpool South Parkway.
Our member, David Miller from Cuddington, made an early start and sends us these [...]
Here’s one not to be missed!
The Summer Saturday’s only “parliamentary train” from Chester to Runcorn is being extended for one day only on 26 June to Liverpool South Parkway (LSP) as part of the 20th Anniversary Celebrations of our friends in NCRUG (North Cheshire Rail Users Group).
Travel back from LSP for those not wishing to [...]
We now have the final timings for the steam train on the Mid-Cheshire Line on Saturday, including a water stop at Ashley.
Click on UK Steam Info for these, and whom we thank for providing this information.
p.s. we note the sheet is headed “Saturday 19 September 2009″, but we believe the times are correct for this [...]
Our railtour yesterday to Oxford, Bath & Bristol, with an optional add on to the East Somerset Railway ran very well (apart from dull, cold weather!)
We left Piccadilly just before 6.30am behind Wrexham & Shropshire-liveried 67010 – it having substitued at the last minute for 67025 which had failed – with 67021 on the rear. [...]
Our Online Booking Office is open for the Great Western Express Railtour, or you can book by post.
The Railtour runs on Saturday 8 May 2010 going to Oxford, Bath and Bristol.
There are still seats left, though the option to visit The East Somerset Railway has proved very popular and is now full.
Now here’s a good [...]
Our Special Trains Working Party are currently at work on our next Special Train in May 2010.
We welcome your comments and views?
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