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Bangor Belle	Bangor Belle Saturday 26th May Lisburn - Belfast - Bangor & return Join us on a return journey from Lisburn and Belfast for an afternoon at the seaside in Bangor. Tickets: £14 (Adult) / £12 (Child) Pick-up Times Whitehead RPSI 12:35pm Carrickfergus 12:50pm Belfast Central 1:20pm Lisburn 2:25pm Belfast 2:48pm Return train departs Bangor at 5:40pm Book Tickets Online Tickets can also be booked (by phone or over the counter) at: Belfast Welcome Centre, 47 Donegall Place, Belfast, BT1 5AD. Tel: +44 28 9024 6609 Train ticket holders will be able to avail of discounted admission to: First Bangor Model Railway Club Exhibition
Steam and Jazz	Steam and Jazz Friday evenings 8th, 15th, 22nd June and 6th July Belfast Central to a Mystery Destination & return! Depart Belfast Central at 7:20pm, returning at 11:45pm. Get out the glad rags, dust off the straw boater - it's Jazz time! Join our restored 1960s steam train at Belfast Central; relax as we leave the city behind and enjoy the sounds of New Orleans jazz from the Apex Jazz Band as we pause at stations throughout Northern Ireland. All Tickets: £24 Book Tickets Online Tickets can also be booked (by phone or over the counter) at: Belfast Welcome Centre, 47 Donegall Place, Belfast, BT1 5AD. Tel: +44 28 9024 6609

A dining car now runs on all our trains offering teas, coffees and snacks as well as a full bar service, including (usually) draught Guinness!

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RPSI 2012 Events Programme
(Dates and locomotives are not guaranteed and may be subject to change)

Month	Date	Day	Description	Proposed locomotive (subject to availability)	Ticket status
January	29	Sun	"Rabbie Burns Haggis Special": Belfast - Portrush & return	461	SOLD
March	3	Sat	"Maynooth Shuttle": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	186	SOLD
	24	Sat	"Spare Link": Dublin - M3 Parkway - Rosslare - Wexford	461	SOLD
	25	Sun	"Spare Link": Wexford - Howth - Dublin	461	SOLD
April	9	Mon	"Easter Eggspress": Belfast - Whitehead & return [x2]	186	SOLD
	10	Tue	"Easter Eggspress": Belfast - Whitehead & return [x2]	186	SOLD
	21	Sat	"171 For 171": Dublin - Cork & return	Diesel	SOLD
May	5	Sat	"Garret FitzGerald Commemorative": Dublin - Mullingar (plus Belvedere House) & return; Mullingar - Longford & return	461	SOLD
	10	Thu	"South Clare Railtour": Whitehead - Dublin	186	SOLD
	11	Fri	"North Atlantic": Dublin - Belfast GVS - Portrush - Crumlin - Lisburn - Dublin	Diesel	SOLD
	12	Sat	"South Clare Railtour": Dublin - Athenry - Ennis	461	SOLD
	13	Sun	"South Clare Railtour": Ennis - Limerick - Nenagh - Dublin	461	SOLD
	14	Mon	"South Clare Railtour": Dublin - Belfast - Whitehead	186	SOLD
	26	Sat	"Bangor Belle": Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast - Lisburn - Bangor & return	186	Book
	27	Sun	"MGWR Shuttle": Dublin - Maynooth & return; Dublin - M3 Parkway & return	461	Book
June	8	Fri	"Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return (Apex Jazz Band)	186	Book
	15	Fri	"Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return (Apex Jazz Band)	186	Book
	22	Fri	"Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return (Apex Jazz Band)	186	Book
	23	Sat	"Mystery Train": Dublin - Mystery Destination & return	Diesel	Book
July	6	Fri	"Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return (Apex Jazz Band)	186	Book
	15	Sun	"Sea Breeze": Dublin - Rosslare & return	461	Not yet
	28	Sat	"Bangor Belle": Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast - Portadown - Bangor & return	186	Not yet
	29	Sun	"Sea Breeze": Dublin - Rosslare & return	461	Not yet
August	12	Sun	"Steam Enterprise" or "Boyne Valley": Belfast - Dublin or Drogheda & return	186/461	Not yet
	18	Sat	Dublin - Kilkenny & return	186	TBC
	19	Sun	Dublin - Kilkenny & return	186	TBC
	19	Sun	"Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return (optional local trip to Coleraine)	461	Not yet
	26	Sun	"Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return (optional local trip to Coleraine)	461	Not yet
September	2	Sun	"Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return (optional local trip to Coleraine)	461	Not yet
	8	Sat	"European Heritage Open Day": Whitehead site tours		Pay on day
	9	Sun	"European Heritage Open Day": Whitehead site tours		Pay on day
October	28	Sun	"Halloween Special": Dublin - Wicklow - Greystones - Dublin	186	Not yet
	28	Sun	"Broomstick Belle": Belfast - TBA & return [x2]; Belfast - Lisburn & return [x1]	461	Not yet
November	4	Sun	"Steam Enterprise" or "Boyne Valley": Belfast - Dublin or Drogheda & return	461/186	Not yet
December	1	Sat	"Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	461	Not yet
	1	Sat	"Santa Special": Belfast - TBA & return [x2]	186	Not yet
	2	Sun	"Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	461	Not yet
	2	Sun	"Santa Special": Portadown - Lisburn & return [x2]	186	Not yet
	8	Sat	"Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	461	Not yet
	8	Sat	"Santa Special": Belfast - TBA & return [x2]	186	Not yet
	9	Sun	"Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	461	Not yet
	9	Sun	"Santa Special": Belfast - TBA &return [x2]; Belfast - Lisburn & return [x1]	186	Not yet
	15	Sat	"Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	461	Not yet
	15	Sat	"Santa Special": Belfast - TBA & return [x2]	486	Not yet
	16	Sun	"Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2]	461	Not yet
	16	Sat	"Santa Special": Belfast - TBA & return [x2]; Belfast - Lisburn & return [x1]	186	Not yet
	30 or 31		"Mince Pie & Mulled Wine": Belfast - TBA & return		Not yet

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Attempting to travel without a ticket at the main departure station OR without a ticket and at a different station on the route causes the RPSI major problems. We sell tickets for the seats on the train, therefore you are very likely to be refused a seat on the train or be asked to leave if you do not have a ticket. Please purchase your ticket in advance.
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