Toddington and NNR beat 2019 ticket figures

TICKET sales at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire and North Norfolk railways in the latter part of the season exceeded those of 2019 as both lines steadily recover from the pandemic.

For the period from August 1 to November 7, including the Cotswold railway's 40th anniversary gala on November 6/7 (see pages 72-75), 18,046 tickets were sold, compared to 16,185 for the same period in 2019, the last time the line operated over those months when the half-term period included November 1/2, and the last full season before Covid-19.

Three-quarters of the tickets for the line's Santa Specials have been sold, with many trains fully booked.

Similarly, the North Norfolk Railway carried almost 115,000 passengers in the 6½ months since reopening, with its visitor figures for the late summer and autumn exceeding 2019.