Avon Valley Railway to celebrate 200 years of modern railway with steam and heritage diesel trains
Avon Valley Railway marks 200 years of modern railway with special steam and heritage diesel train rides.
To celebrate the bi-centennial anniversary of the modern railway, Avon Valley Railway will be hosting a weekend of family entertainment and an intensive timetable of steam and heritage diesel trains on September 27 and 28.
The fun-filled programme of entertainment will include choirs, Morris Morris dancing, an accurate model railway of Mangotsfield, and opportunities to ride
a heritage bus between Keynsham and Bitton.
The cherished heritage railway based at Bitton (between Bristol and Bath) will also operate an intensive timetable with four steam and heritage diesel locomotives across the full weekend.
Roger Eynon, Chairman of the Avon Valley Railway Trust commented: “We are proud to be celebrating this important Railway 200 milestone with a weekend of entertainment for all the family.
“An intensive timetable of steam and heritage diesel trains will operate from our main station at Bitton, providing visitors with the opportunity to step aboard into the past and ride comfortably in our restored 1960’s carriages.
“We hope that visitors will be inspired to become volunteers of the future.”
Tickets are now on-sale and all proceeds contribute towards making Avon Valley Railway sustainable for future generations. To book your tickets, click here.