Your Journey

On a standard running timetable (A) day, your journey begins at our main station at Furnace Sidings. Please note that the timetable may vary on special event days.

 

Furnace Sidings to Garn-Yr-Erw Halt

The train first travels along our branch line to Big Pit station, where passengers are welcome to alight or join the train. The train then reverses back through Furnace Sidings before continuing to Garn-yr-Erw Halt (The Whistle Inn), where passengers can once again leave or board the train.

 

Garn-yr-Erw to Blaenavon 

From Garn-yr-Erw Halt, the train travels southwards, passing non-stop through Furnace Sidings to the current end of our line at Coed Avon. The train then reverses and travels back along the line to Blaenavon station.

 

The Locomotive Run-Around At Blaenavon

The locomotive runs around the carriages so that it can haul the train back towards Furnace Sidings. This operational procedure takes approximately 15 minutes.

 

Blaenavon is also an excellent opportunity to alight and take photographs of the locomotive as it carries out the run-around.

 

Back to Furnace Sidings

The train then returns to Furnace Sidings, where your journey ends. On the return journey, you will experience a short section of 1 in 34 gradient - one of the steepest gradients on any heritage railway. Listen carefully as the locomotive works hard to climb this challenging section! ​