Accrington Railways - Robert Kenyon

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the 11 th , and on the 18 th , St. Annes and Blackpool, Doncaster, Workington or Ilkley, with a ramble from Bolton Abbey. On Sunday, the 25 th , there was a ‘new’ ramblers’ trip leaving town at 10:15, Church 10:20, to Frodsham for 8/-, Helsby 8/3d and Chester 9/6d, with organised walks from Frodsham and Chester. On Saturday, the 31 st , it was Grand National day and the return fare to Aintree was 8/3d, but racegoers would have to change in both directions at Preston coming back by any train on the same day. The ‘combined’ rail and steamer trips were again advertised for Friday, May 18 th , to the Kyles of Bute for 63/-, and on Friday, August 31 st to Staffa and Iona at 80/6d. April ( By now the majority of short and middle distance excursions were being operated using diesel railcars, although steam excursions were still operating on most longer distance trips. The great advantage of railcars was of course that they did not require run-around facilities at destinations or turntables to turn them unlike locomotives, which made them ideal for rail-head destinations. ) On Saturday, the 14 th , a return ticket to Glasgow for the Scotland v England international would cost 48/6d, departing Accrington at 23:04 and returning from Central at 23:55, overnight both ways. The following day Kendal for 11/3d or Windermere at 12/9d were the choices, with organised rambles from Staveley and Windermere. On Good Friday, railcars were off to Scarborough for 18/6d, Millom 17/6d, Fleetwood 6/3d and Ilkley 6/9d. On Easter Sunday, Coventry was repeated by a steam train at 23/3d and York by diesel for 13/6d. The two-destination trip was proving popular and there was a repeat of the one to Ingleton for a 3 hour stay and then on to Morecambe for 4½ hours. The fare was 11/- and it departed Accrington at 09:35, returning from Promenade Station at 19:25. On Sunday, the 29 th , Chesterfield (steam) and Barrow (diesel) were revisited. On the run up to and at the beginning of Easter, the weather had been poor and excursions left half empty, but record temperatures on Sunday saw trains packed, especially those which ran to the Fylde Coast resorts and this was much the same story on Easter Monday. Train Services from ACCRINGTON to Skipton and Todmorden, on weekdays. ( SO=Saturdays only ) ( SX=Saturdays excepted ) (MX=Mondays excepted) From APRIL 20th to MARCH 9th 1962 Accrington 06:00 06:20 07:10 07:51 08:00 08:53 09:2 6 09:59 10:25

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