Churnet Valley Railway (1992) PLC Reviews 

Easy to book online, with email reminders sent through. Friendly and helpful staff. Lovely atmosphere on the train, and obviously a beautiful setting. Such a relaxing thing to do.

A brilliant trip on a steam train with a jacket spud to eat as well.

It was a great excuse for a family get together.

Totally fantastic

Lovely meal on the Bombay Express. Great service. Staff from greeting us on arrival to serving on the train, saying thank you and goodbye were wonderful. Great experience.

We had a lovely meal on the bombay express. Staff were lovely. It was something different. We would go again .

The Bombay Express was a delight. Good food and a journey along the river/canal and farmland with a sunset to end the day.

Excellent trip. Lots of volunteer staff around, good tanoy announcements, decent tearooms, clean carriages, and we liked the trolley service on the train. Very dog friendly. Lovely train ride, which travelled a lot further than expected. We didn’t have one of the information sheets with route plan on our table in the carriage, which looked very useful. Great day out.

A very enjoyable evening, with good food, comfortable seats and friendly staff both at the station and on the train.

Staff very helpful and informative. Journey extremely interesting. SPUD was excellent value and delicious. Our Aussie friends were extremely happy with the experience.

Friendly staff excellent pie 🥧 train ride was perfect

Lovely few hours around the Staffordshire Moorlands countryside. Very good value, we did the Butty and Brew which is highly recommended. Although web site said sold out, the train wasn't overcrowded and we had a compartment to ourselves. Very friendly staff and would like to try their other experiences

Excellent service and great atmosphere.
Staff were excellent

Really enjoyed the journey , the food was great and the staff were all very nice and helpful .

Food excellent, staff fantastic, another enjoyable evening with you

It was our first time visiting. We booked the fish and chip train. The staff are lovely and the carriages are comfortable and clean. However we were disappointed. We paid £38.50 each for a very small fish and chips and the train journey. There were people on the train who had paid only for the train trip. They had paid less than £20. There is no way that the chips were worth the extra amount. Seats are not allocated so it is like a free for all when the train arrives. There were some people who had chips that could not find a seat. Surely those who had not booked food should be seated last. The train is not currently doing the full journey due to fire caution. Whilst we understood this it really should have been advertised when booked. The views on the section that we did travel are ok but not as impressive as other train companies that we have been on. As it is doing a limited journey you are given the opportunity to do the journey twice. Many of us left the train after the first journey. If I came again I would book one of the more organised dining experiences. This was not worth the money I’m afraid.

Really enjoyed it a shame it didn't go all the way,

Greek evening was excellent. Good food, lovely company, brilliant staff. A memorable way to spend a birthday .
Look forward to next special event. Thank you. Value for money.

Fascinating railway , different from regular heritage railway, loved it!

The food, the service and the chance to catchup with Friends

Staff very friendly and the food was great. Fabulous value for money - great evening out.