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src="https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/xOriginal-size-You-have-the-power-slim-2.png.pagespeed.ic.9Fmz1ue64u.png" alt="We run trains every weekend of the year*, bank holidays and selected weekdays in school holidays and summer months. (*pre-bookable services only during Santa season)" width="750" height="125" srcset="https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/xOriginal-size-You-have-the-power-slim-2.png.pagespeed.ic.9Fmz1ue64u.png 750w, https://www.gcrailway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/xOriginal-size-You-have-the-power-slim-2-300x50.png.pagespeed.ic.3Qjf9UtDRg.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px"/><br/> </strong></p> <p>Passengers are conveyed by the Company's trains in accordance with the Company's "Conditions of Carriage" (as shown on this website). 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