Plym Valley Railway

Good Morning, 
Following a meeting of the PVR Company Ltd last night I can confirm that we will still be operating Christmas Trains this year. 
Plymouth will be in Tier 2 come 3rd December which allows indoor events to take place but prohibits groups to mix out of bubbles and the rule of six applies. 
Whilst indoor events can still take place, this must be at 50% capacity- a change of guidance which we had not considered in our planning. To ensure that everyone booked is able to see Santa and travel with us we have had to make some changes to our timetable and ask more of our volunteer workforce.

Trains will now run hourly from 10am rather than bi-hourly and on services where Standard Class is over 50% capacity we will be getting in touch over the coming days to request a move to a service an hour later e.g. if you are booked on a 12:00 service we will ask if you are able to move to 13:00. First Class is unaffected by this and due to the addition of more services, we now have a high availability of First Class compartments which can be purchased now.

Standard Class seats are available on services which are less than 50% full. Once passengers have been transferred to the later services any remaining seats will then be released for bookings.
You can book here: https://plymrail.digitickets.co.uk/category/29941

The Plym Valley Railway is covid secure with our risk assessments externally verified and have measure in place including:
~ Track & Trace
~ Allocated seating
~ Regular coach and building 'fogging'
~ Hand sanitiser available
~ Takeaway only food service
~ One way systems
~ Carriage Dividers
~ Face coverings to be worn in all public areas including platforms unless medically exempt.

I hope that this makes sense and that you understand that for a 100% volunteer railway it is going to be a huge undertaking to transfer hundreds of bookings. Please bear with us but get in touch if you have any further questions.

I'd like to thank you all for your patience and understanding over the last few months and look forward to welcoming you onto our Christmas Trains
Daniel Phillips
Director