Lyd at Launceston - 16th, 17th & 19th September

The Ffestiniog Railway’s brand new Lynton & Barnstaple replica locomotive ‘Lyd’ will be at the Launceston Steam Railway later this month.

Lyd arrives on Wednesday 15th and will complete a trial run either on Wednesday evening (if she arrives early enough) or the following morning. Subject to the trial run being satisfactory, Lyd will haul some of the regular scheduled passenger services, top and tailed with a Quarry Hunslet, on Thursday 16th and Friday 17th.
Trains leave Launceston hourly from 11:00 to 16:00 on these dates.

Lyd will also be in steam on Sunday 19th when she will haul all passenger trains, again top and tailed with a Quarry Hunslet. Trains will provisionally run to the usual hourly timetable, however if there is sufficient demand a new very intensive timetable will be operated on the day.

‘Lyddites’ (those who have contributed towards building Lyd) are entitled to free travel.
For all others standard fares apply:
Adults £8.50, Children £5.50, Senior Citizen £7.00, Family (2A+4C) £25.00.
There is no extra charge to ride behind Lyd, nor is pre-booking required!

Free car parking is available at Launceston station. Those travelling by public transport will be pleased to hear that Launceston town centre can be reached by buses from Bude, Exeter (not Sun.), Liskeard (not Sun.), Okehampton, Newquay and Plymouth - the railway is a short walk down the hill from the town centre.

For those photographers amongst you, Lyd will be on the Newmills (western) end of the train and she should be chimney first. She may even have something on the side at some point that will be worth photographing…

Lyd’s visit to Launceston will be only the second opportunity the general public have had to ride behind her since she was completed last month. So come along and see Britain’s newest steam locomotive, an iconic replica Southern loco on the old Southern network for the first time!

There are also steam specials on the Looe branch line on Sunday 19th (further details [thread=23330]here[/thread]) if you need another excuse to head to Cornwall...