Samson Relaunch timetables released

With under 2 weeks to go until the official Samson Relaunch on 21 April, RHDR have released the timetable.

The official Samson Relaunch timetable is now available, with the special runs plus pre-bookable trains highlighted: http://www.rhdr.org.uk/media/samson-timetable%202018.pdf

Have you booked on the Samson Steamer or Parallel Run? Enjoy breakfast at Hythe Light Railway Cafe before returning behind Samson.
Get your tickets here: www.rhdr.org.uk

The mountain class locomotive, Samson, will be back riding the rails after its full in-house overhaul.
Samson last pulled carriages in 2013 towards the end of its then ‘current’ boiler certificate.

Samson, rather unusually for the British railway scene, is a 4-8-2 mixed traffic loco designed to haul shingle trains from the coast at Dungeness (now Britain’s only designated desert because of the fauna that survives there) to Hythe terminus and the most popular station close to the M20 motorway and with local bus links to the National Rail system. The aggregate traffic did not survive long and since she has worked passenger trains like her sister Hercules (also the motive power for the world’s smallest armoured train used actively during WW2) alongside the magnificent fleet of eight pacific locomotives the railway is fortunate enough to own.
However, Samson has another claim to fame. She is the latest of the railway’s locomotives to be given a major overhaul in RHDR’s own workshops and the quality of what has been achieved is second to none.

Samson Steamer tickets include:
• Romney Rover ticket.
• Guaranteed seat on the 8:50 departure non-stop from New Romney via Dungeness and back to New Romney where Samson will be added to form a double header (9:45) before continuing on to Hythe.

• Adult: £23.00
• Child (3-15years): £12.00
• Concession: £21.00

Parallel Run tickets include:
• Romney Rover Ticket
• Guaranteed seat on the 9:45 steam departure from New Romney to Hythe running parallel to Samson.

• Adult: £20.00
• Child (3-15years): £10.00
• Concession: £18.00

TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY FOR RHDRA MEMEBRS AND SHAREHOLDERS.

Standard fares apply for all other journeys.
On this day they be celebrating Samson with a special timetable including a parallel run. To guarantee a seat on the parallel run pre-book your tickets here: www.rhdr.org.uk