Severn Valley Railway to run programme of evening carol trains to Highley

THE Severn Valley Railway is to run a limited number of evening carol train services on selected dates between November 27 and December 18.

The specials will leave Kidderminster Town at 7pm behind steam or diesel locomotives and head for the Engine House visitor centre at Highley, where two different acts each evening will perform carols and Christmas songs.

Taking part are the choir Got 2 Sing, Bewdley Choral Society, Stourport Brass Band, Dynamix,

Nos Novem and Friends, Pershore Brass, Lutley Community Voices and Blackwell Concert Band and the Bridgnorth-based Sunflower Saxes.

A two-course takeaway dinner can be pre-booked. Passengers will have time to explore the locomotives and carriages on display inside the centre, and the evening ends around 11pm following the return journey to Kidderminster. Compartments for four or six people and tables for two are pre-bookable at www.svr.co.uk/ SEItem.aspx?a=190