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VolunteeringShakespeare Express - Concessionary FaresThe Shakespeare Express round trip is about 50 miles of mainline steam. VTS members benefit from concessionary fares for Standard Class travel and can use these benefits as many times as they like. There are no concessions for Premier Dining Class travel. There is a choice of 2 round trips from Birmingham & 1 round trip from Stratford or Henley possible Every Sunday from 4 July to 12 September. Members concessionary fares are available to all members of the Vintage Trains Society holding a current valid membership card. Depending upon your membership category, you could save your annual subscription fee after just 2 or 3 return trips! Adult/Senior members fare for a return ticket on the Shakespeare Express is just £10**. Partner members (Husband & Wife) - the benefit is available to both individuals included in the "Partner" membership. Family members (2 Adults & 2 Children) - the benefit is available to all members of the "Family" membership. Junior member fare for a return ticket on the Shakespeare Express is just £5**. ** The above fares are based upon the 2009 Shakespeare Express fare structure. Members may use this concession for purchase of tickets for their own travel on the Shakespeare Express as many times as they want. Each return journey needs a separate ticket. The tickets purchased at the members discounted fare must be for the members' own use and proof of membership will be required when purchasing them and on the trains. This concession applies only to the regular summer Sunday daytime service trains operating between July & September and when celebrity engines are not being used. Where additional special 'out of season' Shakespeare Express trains or evening trains are operated and/or celebrity engines are being used, then member concessions will not usually be available. Members are asked to look out for special train notices which may indicate whether the concession will apply. This offer is made by kind permission of the Birmingham Railway Museum Trust and is reviewed annually at the start of each season. Vintage Trains ExcursionsThere are no concessions available for VTS members on the one-off Vintage Trains tours. Tyseley Locomotive Works Open Days - Concessionary AdmissionConcessionary admission tickets are usually available for most Tyseley Locomotive Works Open Days to VTS members holding a current valid membership card. This must be produced at the time of ticket purchase. This offer is made by kind permission of the Birmingham Railway Museum Trust. Members Newsletter & MagazineThese are published from time to time. They include news and reports about developments at Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. Members are encouraged to write articles about railway experiences both past and present. The editors aim to provide balanced publications which is interesting for both young and old. In particular, the publications are a means of "keeping in touch" for members who live far distant from Tyseley and in such far away places as Australia. Back issues of Tyseley News are to be made available online - see here>> |
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