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Heritage diesel train crossing the River Quoile.
Heritage diesel train crossing the River Quoile.

Summer heritage trains

Heritage diesel trains on selected summer Saturdays.

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Overview

Date:

Selected summer Saturdays

Target group:

All ages

Duration of visit:

2 hours approx

Type of train:

Diesel (450 class)

Travel on our heritage diesel train from Downpatrick to Inch Abbey. You can visit the Abbey itself, as well as explore our station, museum, carriage gallery and signal cabin.

You can also buy tickets at our station on arrival.
Online booking closes at 6pm the day before. Don’t worry, you can still purchase tickets on arrival at our station.

 

Heritage trains are back this summer on selected Saturdays – it’s the perfect way to spend a couple of hours on a (hopefully!) sunny summer afternoon on one of our heritage diesel trains.

On your visit you can:

  • Take as many or as few round trips as you want to/from Inch Abbey
  • Join at Downpatrick or Inch Abbey.
  • Visit our museum to learn about the history of the BCDR and railways in general
  • Explore our carriage gallery, with a fascinating collection of vintage carriages and locomotives. Everything from a 1960s diesel locomotive to a Travelling Post Office carriage and lovely original BCDR carriages for you to experience up close
  • Visit the country’s only original signal cabin that is fully accessible for the mobility impaired
  • Get a drink and snack in our buffet
  • Pay a visit to the gift shop

Dates & times

This event is running on:

  • Saturdays 18th, 25th July
  • Saturdays 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd August
  • Saturday 5th September

On other dates we are running special events. You can see our complete events listing to check the dates.

Trains depart from our Downpatrick station at: 13:00, 13:45, 14:30, 15:15, 16:00

Trains depart from our Inch Abbey station at: 13:20, 14:05, 14:50, 15:35, 16:20

(Tickets are valid in both directions, e.g., an online ticket booked from Downpatrick is valid for travel starting in Inch Abbey).

Tickets

  • Adults (18+): £11
  • Child (4+): £9
  • Child (under 4): free
  • Family saver ticket (2 adults + 3 kids): £40
  • Concession: £10
  • Carers for paying adult requiring assistance: Free – please see our carers policy here

Note there is a small booking fee applied to all ticket prices to cover the costs of our ticketing partner, FareHarbor.

 

Cab ride

If you want to upgrade your experience, you can book a cab ride, enabling you to travel with the driver for a specified return trip to Inch Abbey. Cab ride tickets are £47, and include your all-day admission to the railway, and you can travel as a regular passenger on any other train of the day.

Cab rides are subject to availability and operating requirements.

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