The East Lancashire Railway will re-start it’s Dining With Distinction experiences this March with themed nights, taste tasting and black tie premium evenings.  
 

The popular experiences begin at the Bury Bolton Street Station and guests will board the heritage steam train to travel through the Lancashire countryside.  

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The railway will host Premium Nights, where black tie is a must, and guests are entertained with live music from a classical harpist and violinist. 

Murder Mystery Nights will also be taking place, each one featuring a different theme and a riddle to solve, on the stream train ride through Irwell Valley. 

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Additional experiences include Comedy Nights, Gin Tasting, Wine Tasting, Afternoon Tea, Midweek Lunch and Sunday Lunch.  

The railway opened as a heritage railway in 1987, and hosts around 200,000 visitors annually. 

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It operates steam trains from Bolton Street Station in Bury, along a 12.5-mile line between Heywood and Rawtenstall.  

For more information on the experiences see here.  

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