| Here we continue our bus journeys to and from various Heritage Railways around Great Britain | ||||||||
| NENE VALLEY RAILWAY: One of the plus factors of a visit to the Nene Valley Railway was that my journey by rail from Nuneaton to Peterborough, and return, always involved Class 31 Brush type 2 haulage. My first visit was in 1984, and I caught an Easter Counties bus to Orton Mere. But since the railway extended into Peterborough, it is an easy and pleasant walk from the main line railway station. There was also a period when a DMU link operated via the Fletton Junction connection to and from Orton Mere. | ||||||||
| BLUEBELL RAILWAY: Of all of the top league Heritage Railways, the Bluebell was, prior to it's extension to Kingscote, the most difficult to access using public transport. On Gala days, buses were laid on from Haywards Heath. But on normal service days, the only bus link was a 3 times a day Emsworth & District service which connected Horsted Keynes with Haywards Heath. Since the railway reached Kingscote, a regular bus link has been established to and from East Grinstead, using a Routemaster bus. | ||||||||
| WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY: There has, since the early dates of the WSR, been a bus link between Taunton and Bishops Lydeard railway stations. In the early 1980's the bus used was a rather decrepit double decker. There is also a regular bus service between Taunton and Minehead which stops on the main road a short walk away from Bishops Lydeard station. But nearly all my visits to the railway have been 2,3, or 4 day affairs, based on hotel or travel-inn overnight stays. I consider the WSR to be the premier heritage line in the uk, and by some margin. | ||||||||
| ROMNEY HYTHE & DYMCHURCH RAILWAY: During the 1980's and early 1990's, I was a frequent visitor to this superb railway. And on most occasions, I would travel to Folkestone Central by rail, walk down from the station into the town, and catch a bus to Hythe, the service being quite frequent. But on two occasions, When I was feeling energetic, I left the main line train at Sandling, and walked down the hill to Hythe. But I never attempted the uphill walk at the end of the day, I would never have made it. In 2007,I travelled between Hythe and Folkestone in each direction, on a Stagecoach double deck bus. | ||||||||
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