Hallowsteam!
From:
29 October 2022
To:
30 October 2022
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot Parkway
Didcot
OX11 7NJ
29 October 2022 to 30 October 2022
About Hallowsteam! at Didcot Railway Centre
Ghoulish goings-on and Hallowe’en treats in a spooky Victorian station
Young visitors are invited to come along dressed as witches, wizards, ghosts, ghouls, zombies and skeletons to a spellbinding Hallowsteam event on Saturday 29, and Sunday 30, October at Didcot Railway Centre.
Climb aboard a working steam train for a trip to a spooky Victorian station specially decorated with cobwebs, spiders, bats and more. Here you can also step into a “haunted” carriage.
As well as the tracks, there are treats for every child. And, although the Centre doesn’t have any ghost trains, there is the chance to ride behind a diesel engine named “Phantom”!
Pick up a copy of our Hallowsteam Trail, explore this 21-acre open-air museum and discover ghoulish goings on, which include a small extra gift for every youngster in fancy dress and engines sporting pumpkin “Jack-o-lanterns”.
The Centre’s other attractions will be open on these days. Visitors will also have the chance to get up close to the locomotives in the spacious Engine Shed, which has remained largely unchanged since it was built in 1932 and now houses magnificently preserved engines, some of which have steps to allow visitors to climb onto the footplate!
The large carriage shed will also be open with coaches dating from Victorian times to the 1940s that evoke bygone eras. See the VIP Saloon, reputed to have been used by General Eisenhower during the preparations for D-Day and later used in the GWR Royal Train.
The small artefacts Museum containing 1000s of exhibits, including nameplates, signals, tickets, distinctive posters and beautiful models that tell the story of the Great Western Railway, is also expected to be popular, especially the display of vintage tinplate models and other traditional toys with GWR connection.
Tickets
£11.00 – £55.00
Please see important ticketing information below
Ticketing information
Prices:
From £11.00 to £55.00
Free for children under 3 years
Free carer’s ticket
Opening hours:
From 10.30am to 4.00pm. Last admission is at 2.30pm
Admission prices are inclusive of all regular attractions including free train rides on running days.
Child prices apply to children aged 3 to 15 years
