The Gold Course is designed to give further practical experience. You will have 36* miles at the controls hauling an empty coaching stock train driving a return journey in the morning and again in the afternoon.
Normally, there will only be one participant in each gold course, but you could share a day with friends if you so wish.
This one day course costs £500 (deposit of £120*) inclusive of lunch, and VAT.
* With each additional friend to accompany you, mileage would be divided up into equal portions.
Course Programme
08.45
Arrive Aylsham / coffee
09.00
Talk on safety on the railway
09.15
Preparation of locomotive for service
11.15
Return journey to Wroxham
13.30
Lunch
14.45
Second return journey to Wroxham
17.15
Coffee, concluding discussions
17.30
Approximate finishing time for the day
All timings are approximate and may be altered to suit the smooth running of the course.
Tutor drivers begin to prepare the loco from 08:00 onwards. Your arrival time can therefore be between when the drivers start and 08:45 depending on the hands on experience you require.
Friends of participants of the driving course are welcome to visit the railway and to take photographs etc. but unfortunately we cannot allow groups of friends or relatives to ride on trains being driven by learners during their course.
The railway reserves the right to cancel, alter or suspend any course or to refuse any person (s) which may effect the safe running of the course.
*Balance of payment must be received at least 4 weeks prior to the course date.
All payments are non-refundable. Provisional telephone bookings with payment by cheque or postal order are only held for fourteen days. Any booking where payment does not arrive within this time will be cancelled.
Dates of courses can be arranged either when booking or if it is a present, an undated gift voucher, valid for 18 months, can be sent to the recipient for them to arrange a convenient date. Once a date has been chosen alterations can only be made up to one month prior to the course date.
Upon receipt of payment (full or deposit) a voucher will be sent, along with any details of the course that the participant may require.
