Volk's Electric Railway — Local services in England

Had the most vile train driver, who clearly shouldn’t be allowed to work with people or be around them, not only he wouldn’t communicate and answer questions, he made us pull the pram parts off the train with two little children just to walk around and join the queue of same people to get in same train! When not just us but many others complained the lady from the ticketing desk apologised but clearly it was not the first or new complained against the same driver as she said if you come back just go with someone else. So clearly they are not firing an utterly unfit person for this job but absolutely don’t care about peoples experience. Won’t be leaving a great review in Trip advisor either, shame on the company that only interested in taking money and not caring at all about how bad the...

If you have come here on holiday this is a great way to see the sites the vintage railway takes you on ride for a mile along the sea front. Volk’s Electric Railway normally opens each year shortly before, or at Easter and will run until the END of October. Trains start at 10.15am except on Mondays and Fridays when they start at 11.15am. Trains run every 15 minutes after starting, at half past, quarter to, on the hour and quarter past until the last train of the day. Last trains are at 5pm Monday to Friday and at 6pm on weekends and bank holidays. Train times are the starting times from the end stations, Aquarium Station and Black Rock (Marina) Station.

A journey from Aquarium Station to Black Rock (Marina) Station takes about 12 minutes in total. Allow 30 minutes for a...

A novelty ride along seafront (saves walking if necessary). Workshop not open at time so less interesting for the train enthusiast in our group. Staff on train were civil, if not friendly. Not much else to it. There is a small museum at ticket office which was mildly interesting. There is a toilet which I asked to use (key locked). Male staff dismissed me to use public toilets outside somewhere. When I relayed his information to the white women in our group, he jumped out of his seat and helpfully guided the women to the outside toilets. At the same time, another white female customer returned the key to the museum toilet (!). This obese member of staff is going to really struggle when (not if) he has to rely on NHS treatment from people of various...