Footplate Experience Days

Ever wanted to be a train driver, here is your opportunity. Footplate Days are a unique experience that let you come up close with some real power.

Running on specific Mondays and Fridays throughout the year, participants will spend a full day with our ex-British Railways diesel or steam locomotives and lovingly restored carriages and wagons as well as go on a behind-the-scenes tour of our large locomotive works or Diesel depot, Bury South Signal Box (one of the largest mechanical signal boxes in the UK), our carriage & wagon workshops and the Metrolink bridge.

There are four Footplate Experience packages to choose from:

Lunch is being provided as part of each package and you will receive your very own certificate signed by the crewmen at the end of your Footplate Experience.

By taking part in the Footplate Experience you will also automatically become a member of the ELRPS which includes numerous benefits such as three free railway rides a year.

For further information please call the Footplate Experience Manager on 07814 302813.

For 2012 bookings download the FXP Booking Form 2012 and send it to the above address.

Footplate Experience Manager
East Lancashire Railway
Bolton Street Station
Bury
BL9 0EY

e-mail: admin@east-lancs-rly.co.uk