All aboard!
Join us on The Santa Express! Weardale Railway's festive Christmas train with live onboard performances from our Christmas cast & crew including our Conductor, Santa & Mrs Claus and our team of cheeky Elves!
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The Santa Express is a truly spectacular magical Christmas adventure on a very special Heritage Railway beginning at Stanhope Station, travelling through Weardale.
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A spectacularly unique adventure:
Santa's doing his list, he's checking it twice! He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice? Santa Claus is coming to Town!
On the Santa Express - follow our audio narrated Christmas Story onboard, and have lots of fun along the way!
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When our conductor is ready, its “All Aboard” and your journey begins!
Your Festive adventure begins with a cup of hot chocolate and a cookie, at the station, before boarding the train.
Don’t forget your Christmas hats & jumpers!
A narrated Christmas story unfolds during the journey, with some familiar festive sing-a-longs, and some new Santa Express ones. Plus with immersive entertainment and bags of Christmas cheer all wrapped up in some good old Panto style family fun en-route.
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Our train journey takes us to a secret location hidden deep in Weardale, where we’ll be joined by Santa Claus!
Plus, on our journey, an opportunity for your children to meet the big man himself & children receive an exclusive Santa Express gift from Santa too!
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Mums & Dads, Grandparents & Guardians
Christmas just won’t feel the same without it! - but hurry! Trains run for 22 days through November & December! These are fully ticketed, limited capacity so pre-booking is essential.
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