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Balbriggan Festival
Locomotive No.461
(c) B Pickup
 Balbriggan Festival
Sunday 26th May

Steam train trips to celebrate the Balbriggan Festival.

Train 1
Balbriggan - Drogheda & return
Depart 11:10, back by 12:55

Train 2
Balbriggan - Drogheda & return
Depart 13:45, back by 15:45

Tickets (Adult €12, Child €6) on sale at:

Irish Rail, Balbriggan.
The Brick Room, Railway Street, Balbriggan.
Morelli's Quay Street, Balbriggan.

Dublin Connolly to Balbriggan & return (10:30-16:35) - €15/€10, pay on the train.
Bangor Belle
Saturday 25th May

Lisburn - Belfast - Bangor & return

Join us on a return journey from Whitehead Excursion Station, Lisburn and Belfast for an afternoon at the seaside in Bangor.

Pick-up Times - £15 (Child £12)
(Ticket include discount to: Model Railway Exhibition)
Whitehead RPSI Excursion Station 10:25am
Carrickfergus 10:40am
Belfast Central 11:15am
Lisburn 11:50am

Return train departs Bangor at 5:40pm

Belfast Belle - £7 (Child £5)
Departs Bangor 1:35pm
Return train departs Belfast Central at 3:15pm

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
Steam and Jazz
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 Steam and Jazz
Friday evenings 14th, 21st & 28th June, 5th July

Belfast Central to a Mystery Destination & return!

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 which could be anywhere on the Northern Ireland railway network.

Check it out (22/6/2012)

Check it out (6/7/2012)

Depart Belfast Central at 7:15pm, returning at 11:30pm.

All Tickets: £25

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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2013 Programme
(Dates and locomotives are not guaranteed and may be subject to change)
 Month
 Date
 Day
Description/Route
Proposed
locomotive
(subject to
availability)
Tickets
On
Sale?
Feb
3
Sun
 "Winter Enterprise": Belfast - Dublin & return Diesel/461 -
March
16
Sat
 "Steam Trials": Whitehead - Belfast & return (x3) 186/461 -
17
Sun
 "Steam Trials": Whitehead - Lisburn & return (x3) 186/461 -
April
1
Mon
 "Easter Shuttle": Dublin - Wicklow & return;
Wicklow - Greystones & return		 186 -
1
Mon
 "Easter Eggspress": Belfast - Whitehead & return [x2] 461 -
2
Tue
 "Easter Eggspress": Belfast - Whitehead & return [x2] 461 -
21
Sun
 "Royal Canal Shuttle": Dublin - Maynooth & return [x2] 186 -
May
5
Sun
 "Bangor Belle": Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast - Lisburn - Bangor & return 461 -
9
Thu
 "Golden Vale": Whitehead - Belfast - Dublin 461 -
10
Fri
 "Ben Bulben": Dublin - Sligo - Dublin Diesel -
11
Sat
 "Golden Vale": Dublin - Waterford - Limerick 461 -
12
Sun
 "Golden Vale": Limerick - Ballybrophy - Dublin - Belfast 461/186 -
13
Mon
 "Golden Vale": Belfast - Lisburn - Antrim - Bangor - Lisburn - Belfast - Whitehead 186 -
25
Sat
 "Bangor Belle": Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast - Lisburn - Bangor & return
"Belfast Belle": Bangor - Belfast & return		 186 Book
26
Sun
 "Balbriggan Festival": Dublin - Balbriggan & return
Balbriggan - Drogheda & return [x2]		 461 On sale
June
9
Sun
 "Mystery Train": Dublin - Mystery Destination & return 461 No
14
Fri
 "Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return - Book
21
Fri
 "Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return - Book
23
Sun
 "Bray Shuttle": Dublin - Bray & return
Bray - Wicklow & return [x2]		 461 No
28
Fri
 "Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return - Book
July
5
Fri
 "Steam & Jazz": Belfast - Mystery Destination & return - Book
7
Sun
 Dublin - TBA & return 461 No
28
Sun
 Charter: Dublin - Sallins & return
Sallins - Athy & return (x2)		 461 No
August
4
Sun
 "Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return
(optional local trip to Coleraine)		 - No
11
Sun
 "Great Northern Shuttle": Dublin - Drogheda & return
Drogheda - Dublin & return		 461 No
18
Sun
 "Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return
(optional local trip to Coleraine)		 - No
24
Sat
 "Oriel Express": Dublin - Dundalk
Dundalk - Drogheda & return		 461 No
25
Sun
 "Oriel Express": Dundalk - Drogheda & return
Dundalk - Dublin		 461 No
25
Sun
 "Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return
(optional local trip to Coleraine)		 - No
September
8
Sun
 "Portrush Flyer": Belfast - Portrush & return
(optional local trip to Coleraine)		 - No
14
Sat
 "European Heritage": Whitehead train rides & site tours - No
15
Sun
 "European Heritage": Whitehead train rides & site tours - No
21
Sat
 "Portadown 400" - No
29
Sun
 "Steam Enterprise": Belfast - Dublin & return - No
29
Sun
 "Dublin Bay Shuttle": Dublin - Skerries & return
Dublin - Greystones & return		 461 No
October
12
Sat
 "Larne Lough" 186 No
13
Sun
 "Rails Around Dublin" Diesel No
27
Sun
 "Broomsticke Belle": Belfast - Whitehead & return [x2] - No
November
30
Sat
 "Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return (x2) 461 No
30
Sat
 "Santa Special": Belfast - Whitehead & return (x2) - No
December
1
Sun
 "Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return (x2) 461 No
1
Sun
 "Santa Special": Belfast - Whitehead & return (x2) - No
7
Sat
 "Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return (x2) 461 No
7
Sat
 "Santa Special": Belfast - Whitehead & return (x2) - No
8
Sun
 "Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return (x2) 461 No
8
Sun
 "Santa Special": Portadown - Lisburn & return (x2) - No
14
Sat
 "Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return (x2) 461 No
14
Sat
 "Santa Special": Belfast - Whitehead & return (x2) - No
15
Sun
 "Santa Special": Dublin - Maynooth & return (x2) 461 No
15
Sun
 "Santa Special": Belfast - Whitehead & return (x2) - No
29
Sun
 "Mince Pie": Belfast - Dublin & return - No


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