New Year’s Day Special

Written by Philip Eldridge on December 13, 2019. Posted in Events, News.

Pop along to the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway on Wednesday 1st January 2020 for a ride on the heritage steam train, which will be running hourly from 10.45am to 2.45pm.

While you are there call into the Steaming Kettle Buffet at Ludborough station for a delicious Egg, Bacon and Lincolnshire Sausage Breakfast Bun plus a drink of your choice for only £6.

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					  What a great couple of hours spent with family at a volunteer run station and train. The station is great, a flash to a bygone era and we had a... read more look in the small museum and shop before having a hot drink and a snack in the cafe carriage, whilst we waited for our departure time. The outbound journey to the North Pole was good and the kids and adults all seemed to be enjoying themselves. Santa came through the carriages giving gifts to the children and the adults each got a pen, which was an unexpected touch. On the return journey the elves got everyone involved in a sing and dance, which was great cheesy fun. Once back at the station, there was a photo with Santa and then we had a look at the engine and our youngest was very happy to have his photo with the driver on the loco footplate. All round good fun and for a great volunteer workforce, I salute them.



Not sure what experiences others had, but we for sure had a great time and highly recommend. I guess it's all about expectations and attitude. Keep up the good work.				
Fergusonhunter-art
12/21/2019 

					  A very enjoyable entertaining treat for Christmas. All staff worked really hard for this event. Each child got a gift with their name on and the adults got a gift... read more too. The train ride was just long enough to keep young children engaged and it was great fun to see children and adults joining in with the sing a long. Will be going again next year.				
Helenfam56
12/23/2019 

					  Well worth the £12 each, so much effort has gone into the experience. Santa knew every childs name on the train, friendly people helping and lots of singing				
E2570PBvik
12/20/2019 

					  8 of us attended the Santa special yesterday,its hard to believe that these events are run by volunteers.

The attention to detail, the layout, decoration, gifts etc.

Absolutely fantastic experience... read more and genuinely lovely people! 

Parking was the only issue we had on the day.				
gemmag2018
12/23/2019 

					  We visited this for the christmas railway visit with our children and their grandparents

The location is fine, plenty of off street parking  nicely set, I love old steam... read more trains and carriages and you know its nice to have a bit of christmas cheer

We got our drinks settled down and then off we set along the track, the kids got a little present each which was decent

The carriages show their age, but hey you know what your getting when you go along to an old station

Santa came and saw the kids then a gent dressed as an elf turned up did some songs and we came back into the main station

My main issue was that in some of the wood sections you could see people had scrapped abusive words into the wood which was a bit annoying and it had been painted over rather than removed

It was a bit of cheesy fun though and highly recommended for people

Makes a nice break				
WilbertD_13
12/21/2019 

					  Visited for the Santa train today with three young children (2,3 and 6) and I cannot believe how bad it was. The children were given presents in a plastic bag,... read more Santa’s beard was falling off, his outfit was old and dirty, and the elf who ‘entertained’ us was just odd. 

There was no effort put into any of it. It lasted around 30 minutes and the presents that the children received were cheap and not age appropriate. The adult ‘gift’ was a pen advertising the railway. 

To try to make at least one part of it enjoyable for the children, we went to the cafe afterwards for a hot chocolate...to find that they had run out and it was only 2.30pm. 

It was all a shambles. Extremely badly organized and nothing like it was advertised.				
SmartTravellerUK
12/23/2019