Press Release: Corris Railway
Our main Railway200 event the Corris Railway Gala will be held on Saturday 24 th May 2025 with the first train of the day departing Corris at 10.30 commencing an intensive timetable. This Gala will be an opportunity to see older locos from the fleet less often seen in more recent years heading a variety of consists, alongside The Railway’s newly built loco, No. 10 Hughes 0-4-2 ‘Falcon’ as well as No. 11 Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-0 ‘Vlad’.
For Corris Railway members there will be several opportunities to ride on the Gravity Train, for those wishing to eschew the more usual comforts of the saloon coaches. Ride down the Dulas valley like slate mine workers of yesteryear, quite possibly whilst squinting into the liquid sunshine. Only current members of the Corris Railway can ride on a gravity train but it’s not too late to become a member in time for the Gala. Adult annual membership is £22.00 and can be purchased online here.
Depending on crew availability, The Railway hopes to use Loco No. 5 Motor Rail Simplex
4w ‘Alan Meaden’ to offer rides in exchange for a small donation, in Guard’s Van 204 down
to the railhead of the Southern Extension when No. 5 is not required for its timetabled
duties. ‘Alan Meaden’ was the first locomotive acquired by the Corris Railway Society and
she worked the first formal train of the revival between Maespoeth and Corris in 1985.
The workshops at Maespoeth Junction will be open to the public and there will be fun
games for children of all ages to play. Visitors to the Gala will also be able to see the work
being carried out by the Corris’ volunteer workforce including carriage number 24, which,
once complete, will allow first class travel on the line for the first time in at least 90 years.
The Museum and Shop at Corris station will also be open. The recently completed
reconstruction of a manrider or ‘Velocipede’ using original wheels and axles will be on
display in the Museum. Light refreshments will be available from the shop but if something more substantial is wanted it is a short walk from Corris station to the village shop and cafe or the “Slaters Arms” (which once had its beer delivered in casks rolled across the street from the railway’s waggons).
The Corris Craft Centre also has an excellent cafe and visitors may park their cars there
and walk to the station down the zig-zag path (which is a steep journey on the return).
Parking is available at the station and Lloyd’s bus service number FF2 stops outside the
station yard and bus service T2 (Aberystwyth - Dolgellau – Bangor) stops outside the
Braich Goch Hotel at the top of the hill into Corris centre.
Advance Gala Day Rover tickets can be purchased via www.corris.co.uk and are priced at
£10.00 for adults, £5.00 for children aged 5-15, children under 5 are free and dogs are
£1.00.
Dep Corris | Train Composition | Dep Maespoeth | Train Composition |
10:30 – Passenger Train | Loco 11 + 20,21,22,23 | 10:00 – ECS movement | Loco 11 + 20,21,22,23 |
11:15 | Gravity Train | 11:00 – Passenger Train | Loco 10 + 20,21,22,23, Gravity Train |
11:30 – Passenger Train | Loco 10 + 20,21,22,23 | 11:50 | Loco 5 + Gravity Train + 204 |
13:00 | Loco 5 + Van 204 | 12:15- Passenger Train | Loco 10 + 20,21,22,23, |
13:15 – Passenger Train | Loco 10 + 20,21,22,23 | 14:00 – Passenger Train | Locos 10, 11 + 20,21,22, 23, Gravity Train |
13:30 | Gravity Train | 15:00 – Passenger Train | Loco 6 +20,22,23 |
14:15 | Loco 10 + Gravity Train | 16:00 | Cavalcade of available locos |
14:30- Passenger Train | No11 + 20,21,22,23 |
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15:30 – ECS movement | Loco 6 + 20,22,23 |
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PLEASE NOTE: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO START YOUR DAY AT MAESPOETH JUNCTION. PASSENGERS MUST START FROM CORRIS STATION.
N.B. The Corris Railway is a purely volunteer run organisation – there may be some changes to the timetable to accommodate crew availability.
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