Churnet Valley Railway

Steam & Diesel Summer Special Information

Saturday 28th - Sunday 29th June 2008
Visiting Locomotives
Resident Locomotives also in Action
Also on display in Cheddleton Yard
Special Driver Experience Courses
- Special one time only opportunity
- For something different, try your hand at Push-pull working
- a VEP with 73138
- The experience includes over 12 miles and includes
- breakfast/lunch
- All for just £200
- 25th & 26th June
- Booking essential, only limited places
- Tel: 01538 360522
- Driver Experience Gift Vouchers available
Saturday
- Intensive timetable
- Early morning freight trains
- Double heading
- Banking out of Froghall (see section below)
- "All day breakfast" available on certain trains
- A choice of locos available to drive for £10
- from Cheddleton bay
- Cheddleton shed open for viewing locos on display
- Line side photo passes available (see section below)
Sunday
- Intensive timetable
- Early morning freight trains
- Double heading
- Banking out of Froghall (see section below)
- "All day breakfast" available on certain trains
- A choice of locos available to drive for £10
- from Cheddleton bay
- Cheddleton shed open for viewing locos on display
- Line side photo passes available (see section below)

Saturday Evening
- Real Ale train (using 5197) and
- night freights (using 37075)
Banking
Several trains throughout the weekend will be banked out of
Froghall station using all five locomotives

Steam & Diesel Special Weekend Timetable

Download the pdf file here

Fares

Saturday night fares which include unlimited travel on the real ale train are free with the purchase of the two day tickets,
£2 with the purchase of an All Day Rover ticket or £8 otherwise.
Lineside Passes

Line side passes will be available but applicants must first fill in a safety form which can be downloaded here or obtained from Cheddleton Station Souvenir Shop on the day.

The filled out form must be returned to the Souvenir Shop where applicants will be asked to pay and then be directed to a safety briefing after which the pass will be given.

The Souvenir Shop will be open around 7:30 am on both days for the sale of Line Side Passes

Prices

- 1 day £15

- 2 days £25

If you can't get down to the railway you can still watch the Steam & Diesel Gala on the Cheddleton
Web Cam! Click on the Web Cam icon to view the images and read about the Web Cam appeal --->>
 
Please note any of the features are subject to change so please check back as
close to the event as possible for the most up to date information.
 

 

Driver Experience Gift Vouchers available

Call 01538 360522 during office hours or leave a message on the answering machine and we'll call you back.