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Moutaineer and Effie depart from Lakeside in September 2007 © C.Peake

Mountaineer pauses in Kingsway Station in September 2007 © C.Peake

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway 15 inch

This very popular seaside railway opened in 1971 as a 14 ½ inch gauge railway but has recently been regauged to 15inch gauge. Trains run from Lakeside station which is near the theme park Pleasure Island up a hill, then past the shed area. It then runs alongside the sea wall and over a 40yd viaduct to Kingsway station which is next to the Leisure Centre. Recently the line has been extended nearer to Pleasure Island, and now a spur from Lakeside runs down the coast to North Sea Lane Station. The railway used to be operated by a pair of Severn lamb locomotives but now steam trains are regular. Sian and Katie used to be here, but they have moved to Windmill Animal Farm. It is also worth mentioning that recently they acquired the Sutton Miniature Railway rolling stock which are now housed in a specially built museum/shed and also run on the railway frequently.

Address: Lakeside Station, Kings Road, Cleethorpes, DN35 0AG
Telephone: 01472 604657
Operator: CCLR
Line Length: 2 miles End to End
First opened: 1971
Website: Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Website
Locomotives

No	Name	Type	Builder	Built
1	Sutton Belle	4-4-2	Cannon Ironfoundries	1933
111	Yvette	4-4-0	E.Craven	1946
2	Sutton Flyer	4-4-2	Cannon/Hunt	1950
	Mountaineer	0-4-0	W.Van der Heiden	1970
24	Sandy River	2-6-2	Fairbourne	1990
	Effie	0-4-0	Great Northern Steam	1999
		4wVBT	T.Stanhope	U/C
2		4wDM	Lister	1944
4	(Sutton Railcar)	4-4wPHR	G&SLE	1946
3	John	4-4wDH	Minirail	1954
5	Battison	S/O 2-6-4DH	S.Battison	1958
	DA1	4wDM	Bush Mills Railway	1986
	Morog	2w-2DH	A.Moss	1992

Opening Times: Weekends and School Holidays throughout the year with trains every 40 minutes from 11am.

Price: Adults £2.50, Children £1.75

CCLR Page was last updated on the 23rd September 2007 with picture change.