APRIL 2010 MUSIC TRAIN FROM CHESTER TO PLUMLEY
How it works
The Music Train uses one of the regular hourly services on the mid-Cheshire line. It is arranged by the Mid-Cheshire Community Rail Partnership. The band plays on the train from Chester - we take over a carriage. At Plumley everyone alights to visit The Golden Pheasant for drinks and good food - and there is a further session from the band.
Chester Station is accessible. Parking on the station car parks costs £4.50. Parking outside the Queen Hotel and on City Road is free after 18:00. Plumley Station is accessible. The walk to the pub is 150m. The footway alongside the road from the station to the pub is narrow and not continuous, with poor visibility over the railway bridge. The pub is fully accessible.
There is no charge for the event - just the price of your ordinary train ticket. Your 'admission' is the train fare. Other than drinks and food, there is nothing else to pay. On the return journey there will be a collection on the train for the musicians.
The Music
The Time Bandits play Anglo-European folk and renaissance dance music for concerts and ceilidhs. Roy Clinging and Neil Brookes perform songs, ballads and maritime material as well as items from the folk heritage of Cheshire. and Nick Mitchell and Friends play a mixture of traditional, contemporary and self written material on guitar and octave mandola.
The Pub
The Golden Pheasant is a traditional pub in the heart of rural Cheshire serving fresh, quality food and well-kept J W Lees's real ales. It is close to the station (it was originally the Railway Inn) and has been refurbished by its new management.
It is a popular dining venue with an attractive beamed interior. The pub serves traditional bar food alongside some great homemade dishes all day from 11:30 until 21:30 (from 12:00 until 19:45 on Sundays).
The normal menu is extensive and runs alongside a fantastic selection of regularly changing blackboard specials (which use the best of seasonal local produce) to choose from. You can see a selection of their dishes in the special Music Train Menu.
Train Times and Tickets
Train times from Chester to Plumley: Chester 19:07, Mouldsworth 19:18, Delamere* 19:23, Cuddington 19:27, Greenbank 19:32, Northwich 19:37, Lostock Gralam 19:40, Plumley 19:43 (*request stop)
Train times from Plumley to Chester: Plumley 22:03, Lostock Gralam 22:07, Northwich 22:12, Greenbank 22:17, Cuddington 22:22, Delamere* 22:26, Mouldsworth 22:31, Chester 22:45 (*request stop)
Buy your ticket from Chester at the station: Off-Peak Day Return £9.20 (with Railcard £6.10) or Northern Duo (two people travelling together) £6.90 each.
At other stations just board the train and buy your ticket from the conductor.
Example fares from Cuddington: Cheap day return £4.60; Northern Duo (two people travelling together) £3.45 each; with Railcard £3.05.
The Mid Cheshire Railway Line is operated by Northern Rail and provides rail links to the national rail network at Manchester, Chester and Stockport and with the Metrolink Tram network at Altrincham. More Events on the Mid Cheshire Line
This is our first Music Train of 2010. There will be more throughout the summer. For news of future events on the Line visit this website or contact the Music Trains Organiser to receive emails about events on the Line in the future.
If you would like to arrange a Music Train yourself - ideally for a group of between 25 and 40 people - then contact the Music Train organiser to see what is possible. Please let him know if you plan to bring a smaller group (eight people or more) on this train.
Contacts
Click here to contact Michael Ross, the Music Trains Organiser for the Mid Cheshire Community Rail Partnership. | 
