点评:I travelled to the Weardale Railway on the Uk Railtours charter train and it was a very enjoyable journey along the line. We had the luxury of travelling on an Inter City 125 to the line and passed from the Network Rail tracks onto the Weardale Railway at Bishop Auckland where we trundled along the line up the Wear Valley.
The line is really pretty and if you like nice scenery then this is worth doing if you are in the area. It was lovely that people had turned out at various locations along the line to see the train go past. Let's face it, it's very rare for a train like that to travel anywhere nowadays.
We arrived at Wolsingham where lots of people got off and although it is a small station there were facilities available including a portable toilet for those who needed it and a small stand selling cold drinks and snacks as well as Weardale Railway branded souvenirs.
From here we got to change trains and travel behind an even older diesel. A class 31 was available at either end of a rake of Mark III carriages to take us to the depot and then onto Stanhope. I have not travelled behind a class 31 in a number of years so it was a special treat for me.
With a break of about 1.5 hours I had time to wander around the station and into the village to explore before returning to the station to browse the gift shop and get some souvenirs and get some refreshments from the small cafe which was doing a roaring trade from the people who had come on the train.
Soon it was time to depart and our train took us back down the valley and once again there were lots of people out to see us go past. The line is never too far from the River Wear and we crossed a number of villages as we meandered East back to Bishop Auckland and then home.
The staff I met were all very professional, friendly and pleased to have us vist.
翻译:我乘坐英国铁路旅行社(Uk Railtours)的包车前往威尔谷铁路,沿途的旅程非常愉快。我们乘坐城际125号列车到达目的地,然后在毕晓普奥克兰(Bishop Auckland)换乘威尔谷铁路,沿着铁路线缓缓前行,到达威尔谷。
这条铁路线风景优美,如果您喜欢美景,那么如果您恰好在附近,这趟旅程绝对值得一游。沿途人们聚集在各个地方观看火车经过,真是令人欣喜。说实话,如今这样的火车已经很少见了。
我们到达沃尔辛厄姆(Wolsingham),那里有很多人下车。虽然车站很小,但设施齐全,包括为需要的人提供的移动厕所,以及一个出售冷饮、小吃和威尔谷铁路品牌纪念品的小摊。
从这里我们换乘了火车,乘坐一辆更老旧的柴油机车。一排Mark III型车厢的两端各有一列31级列车,可以载我们到车站,然后前往斯坦霍普站。我已经好几年没坐过31级列车了,所以这对我来说是一次特别的享受。
中间休息了大约一个半小时,我有时间在车站周围闲逛,然后去村子里探索一番,然后回到车站,逛逛礼品店,买些纪念品,再去小咖啡馆买些茶点,那里的顾客络绎不绝,刚上车的乘客生意兴隆。
很快就到了出发的时间,火车带我们回到山谷,再次看到很多人出来观看我们经过。这条线路离威尔河不远,我们蜿蜒向东,穿过许多村庄,回到毕晓普奥克兰,然后回家。
我遇到的工作人员都非常专业、友好,并且很高兴我们能来。