Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

I went to the Bluebell Railway last year, and it was a huge success. I
have also been on the Epping Ongar Railway.

Or anything else transport related between 8 and 19 June.

--
jhk

In message , at 15:16:17 on
Wed, 25 Mar 2015, Jarle Hammen Knudsen remarked:
Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

An hour from London:

http://www.nvr.org.uk/ and http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/

But check the dates to make sure you are there when something
interesting is happening.
--
Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 15:16:17 on
Wed, 25 Mar 2015, Jarle Hammen Knudsen remarked:
Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(


http://www.nvr.org.uk/ and http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/

you (one) can find a full (is it?) list of options he

http://www.heritage-railways.com/map.php

On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:34:27 -0000, "tim....."
wrote:


An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

--
jhk

"Jarle Hammen Knudsen" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:34:27 -0000, "tim....."
wrote:


An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

which bit don't you understand?

They are not at locations at which it is possible to walk up to the ticket
office and get cheap return ticket for immediate travel

You either have to plan ahead and buy "advanced" tickets or suffer the
extortionate walk up fare

(or piddle around splitting tickets!)

tim

In message , at 12:25:22 on Sat, 28 Mar
2015, tim..... remarked:
An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

which bit don't you understand?

They are not at locations at which it is possible to walk up to the
ticket office and get cheap return ticket for immediate travel

You either have to plan ahead and buy "advanced" tickets or suffer the
extortionate walk up fare

A Cheap Day Return *is* a walk-up fare. And not hugely cheaper.

Take Whittlesford Parkway, for Duxford Air Museum: £21.10 versus £25.20
for the period return.

There's a cheaper Super-off-peak day return at £16.40, but as you can't
leave Liverpool St before noon it has limited application for the OP's
purposes.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 13:09:05 on
Sat, 28 Mar 2015, Jarle Hammen Knudsen remarked:

An hour from London:

though not within "discount" day return distance :-(

What's that?

There are cheaper day-return fares over distances of ~50 miles.

It depends on the route whether there are day-return-only fares (which
is because of regular travellers abusing open returns) or
period-return-only, or sometimes a choice of both.
--
Roland Perry

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 14:16:20 UTC, Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

I went to the Bluebell Railway last year, and it was a huge success. I
have also been on the Epping Ongar Railway.

Or anything else transport related between 8 and 19 June.

--
jhk

The Spa Valley Railway at Tunbridge Wells - just under an hour from London.
http://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/

Much smaller than the Bluebell but worth a day out.

If old buses come within scope: Salisbury: 1.5 hours from London:

http://www.salisburyreds.co.uk/servi...-celebrations/

DRH

Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

I went to the Bluebell Railway last year, and it was a huge success. I
have also been on the Epping Ongar Railway.

Or anything else transport related between 8 and 19 June.

Something a little different is the miniature (mainly) steam Romney, Hythe
& Dymchurch Railway:
http://www.rhdr.org.uk

You can get there fairly easily from Ashford, about 40 mins from St
Pancras.

"Recliner" wrote in message
...
Jarle Hammen Knudsen wrote:
Can you recommend any heritage railways within day trip distance from
London?

I went to the Bluebell Railway last year, and it was a huge success. I
have also been on the Epping Ongar Railway.

Or anything else transport related between 8 and 19 June.

Something a little different is the miniature (mainly) steam Romney, Hythe
& Dymchurch Railway:
http://www.rhdr.org.uk

You can get there fairly easily from Ashford, about 40 mins from St
Pancras.

though buses from Folkestone are far more frequent (and run much later into
the evening)