West Lancashire Light Railway Events have started for 2015
OVER Easter 2015 the West Lancashire Light Railway will be running services from Good Friday to Easter Bank Holiday Monday, 6 April 2015! "Our new season gets under way with a steam train in action on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday from 11.30am to 4.30pm." West Lancs Light Railway told us. They also told us that tickets will be valid all day and visitors with tickets can have as many rides as you like! Tickets for adult cost just:- £2.50 and children are just £1.50 (under 3 free). Senior tickets are:- £2.00 and a family ticket is just:- £6.00. But the fun really starts on Sunday, 12 April 2015 when they hold "Friendly Engines Day." This is an annual treat for families with young children. Steam trains will be running from:- 11.30am to 4.30pm. Everyone knows Thomas. This is a chance to meet some other engines with friendly faces. At least 2 locomotives in steam... Other attractions are also on offer... Tickets will also be valid all day, and as with Easter, you can have as many rides as you like! Tickets for this event will be as follows:- adult £4.00, children £3.00 (under 3 free), senior £3.50.
The West Lancashire Light Railway is a short 2' gauge line situated at Hesketh Bank, approximately midway between Preston and Southport. We are open every Sunday and Bank Holiday from April to the end of October. Motive power includes several historic steam locomotives, some in working order and others undergoing restoration, and a large number of internal combustion industrial locomotives. The line runs beside a former clay pit which served a brickworks adjacent to the old West Lancashire Railway. Free car parking. The no. 2 Preston to Southport and the national Express 2 service from Southport to Preston bus stops are very close by. Hot and cold drinks available on site. Refreshments are also available at Booths.
