Events
Saturday 8th and Sun 9th May – Postman Pat® and Jess the Cat visit the Railway
As a direct response to popular demand Postman Pat® and Jess the Cat are making a further return visit to the Railway this spring.
We will be running a hotline of frequent trains to and from Dalegarth starting with a 10.30am departure from Ravenglass on both days of the event. Everyone travelling on the trains will have the opportunity to meet Postman Pat® and Jess the Cat at Dalegarth during the course of their stay.
Also at Dalegarth there will be face painting and colouring, plus a posting game to play, while all children who have travelled on the train will have a special ticket to join in a magic show with top children’s entertainer ‘Stu-di-Doo’.
Play area open to all, Fellbites children’s menu and Postman Pat® goodies in the shop guarantee a great day out for the little ones. All seats on the trains are unreserved – just turn up!
Fares - £12.50 per adult, children aged 3 and over £6.25
Saturday 10th July – Steam and Ceilidh
Here’s a great way to spend a summer’s evening. We’ve booked the Eden Ceilidh Band to entertain you with an evening of Celtic music and dancing, topped with a pie and pea supper provided by our catering crew. We’ll be using all the facilities on offer at Dalegarth guaranteeing a great evening even if there’s a word or two from a light shower!
Return train fares from Ravenglass are included in the fantastic price of just £12.50 per adult.
Due to the nature of this event we have to make this a pre-booked evening. Call now to avoid disappointment … 01229 717171
Sunday 12th September – 50th Rescue Anniversary
Here’s a bit of discounted fun. It’s 50 years to the day since the Railway was rescued from certain oblivion – so our 10.30am departure from Ravenglass will celebrate the occasion by offering the first 50 people to join it by charging 1960 prices. We are into a pre-decimal era here – brush up on your pounds, shillings and pence and enjoy the cheapest journey of 2010.
Saturday 2nd October – Sunday 3rd October - Day out with Thomas
Saturday 9th October – Save our Squirrels Special
With red squirrels frequenting the valleys we’ve always tried to help keep them there. This year we have various fund raising activities at our fingertips and this is one of them.
Simply join the Red Express – the 10.30am departure from Ravenglass – pay our standard fare and we will donate half the ticket money to Save Our Squirrels. It’s national Save Our Squirrels week – we’d like to think the train was packed to overflowing!
See our News Page for details of other Save our Squirrels fund raising activities.
Friday 29th and Saturday 30th October – Improved Ghostly goings on!
We’re going to ham it up with a ghastly, grizzly, ghostly journey for you all in Darkest Eskdale. The express ghost trains leave Ravenglass on their after hours missions at 5.30pm and 6.30pm. Once at Dalegarth, there’s a bowel of soup, or dead men’s sausage fingers, thrown into the cauldron for all travelers. Clank those chains to a tune or two while you are there and we are expecting you all to make an evening of it by dressing up too. Can we run to a vampireal prize for the best ghoul of the evening – we shall see!
On the way back the trains travel at a snail’s pace so ghoul spotting takes over. How many can you count and which one is the scariest?
This year to improve your comfort there’s no bed of nails, no ducking stools, but there are numbered seats for each carriage, guaranteeing families can sit together and there’s no scrabble to find a place.
Two after hours trains per day – 5.30pm and 6.30pm. Pre-booking essential.
Santa Express – December 2010
The man in the red coat is back – what you need to do NOW – is visit our contacts page – fill out your contact details and add the message ‘Add me to your Santa Mailing list now’. As the nights start to draw in a little we’ll contact you with full details of the 2010 package. We’re told this one takes some beating!
PS See our News Page for four great special days out masterminded by Statesman Rail.
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