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What's On & Special Events

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Trains run every weekend of the year, in addition to our Drive a Locomotive packages and Special Events (on selected weekends). We also run trains on selected weekdays. For details of our normal timetables, please click here.

We also run 1st Class Restaurant Dining Trains on dates throughout the year and Murder Mystery Dining Trains on selected dates

Loughborough Central station is open every day, even when trains are not running.

Advance booking essential for First Class Restaurant car trains
Gift vouchers available - buy now or book now

SPECIAL EVENTS 2008

Special Event Hotline - 01509 632323

A special press release has been issued for our "Year of the Express Engines". To read this press release, please click here.

* Planned events for 70013 "Olvier Cromwell" are listed below in good faith at this time, and these events will be confirmed nearer the dates for those events.

We are now expecting Britain's brand new steam engine, Peppercorn A1, no 60163 "Tornado" to arrive in June. We will be programming a full range of events to celebrate the tremendous achievements of the A1 Steam Trust - please watch this space for details. The previously advertised events with this engine (including those published in the flyer insert in Main Line 134) are now withdrawn.

January 26th – 27th

Winter  Steam Gala

February 2nd – 3rd

Pancake Festival

February 10th Leicester City Council Staff Affinity Day

February 14th

Valentines Dining Train

February 16th – 17th

Days Out With Thomas

March 2nd

Quorn Swapmeet

March 14th

Diesel Running Day (1960’s)

March 15th – 16th

1960’s Gala

March 21st – 28th

Easter

April 11th – 13th 

Diesel Gala

May 3rd – 5th

* May Day Special Weekend
Planned formal launch of 70013 "Oliver Cromwell"

May 17th & 18th

Stars of the 60s - details to follow.
Likely engines include, Oliver Cromwell, Sir
Lamiel, 78019, D5185 and DMU. Special intensive timetable.

May 24th – 26th

Days Out With Thomas

June 1st

Quorn Swapmeet

June 14th – 15th

Wartime Weekend

June 21st – 22nd Windcutter Anniversary Gala

July 26th – 27th

Mail By Rail

August 23rd – 25th 

Days Out With Thomas

September 7th

Quorn Swapmeet

September 13th – 14th

Diesel Gala

September 26th – 28th

Real Ale Weekend

October 11th – 12th

Steam Railway Gala

October 18th – 19th

Wizards Weekend

October 31st

Halloween

November 5th

Bonfire Night

Nov 29th – December 24th

Santa Specials

December 26th – 31st

Mince Pie Specials

December 31st

New Years Eve Dining Trains

 

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