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National Coal Museum Underground Tour & Steam Train Day with Breakfast

Torfaen, South Wales

A day out at Blaenavon Railway in Wales
Steam train rides all day long
A visit to the Big Pit Coal Museum
Including a guided underground tour

Choose Your Experience:

Day Out for Two
ADPIT2 £ 115.00

Day Out for Four
ADPIT4 £ 227.00

What's Included

Scenic 60-minute steam train ride departing from and returning to Blaenavon Railway
Visit The Big Pit National Coal Museum
Entry for the Underground Tour at The Big Pit National Coal Museum is also included with this experience
Your rover ticket on standard running days allows you to travel as much as you want and to leave and rejoin the train at any station
Breakfast sandwich and your choice of hot drink or bubbly
Additional 60-minute diesel train ride (selected days)
E-guided circular hike from the venue to a scenic local beauty spot
Free on-site parking and café facilities available

The Underground Tour

Get kitted out with your hard hat and battery lamp then step into the ‘cage’ to descend
underground to discover the harsh realities of coal mining through the centuries.
Tours are led by mine guides. Hear all about your guide’s working life and experiences in the coal mine.
Discover the different ages of mining, from Victorian times when women and children worked underground alongside men
Fnd out about the role of pit ponies and how modern machinery changed coal mining

What Can I Expect

It’s all about the steam and the coal on these fascinating experiences at Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway! These great value packages combine heritage railway journeys and breakfast, with a visit to the Big Pit National Coal Museum, including a guided underground tour.

Focussing on the proud industrial heritage of this part of South Wales, your day will be spent stepping back in time, to explore what life was like when the Blaenavon Iron Works and the Big Pit coal mine (which opened in 1880 and closed in 1980) were fully operational, alongside the railway.

Starting at Furnace Sidings, you’ll be invited to board a steam train to the Big Pit branch line stop. Alight here for the Big Pit National Coal Museum, which gives an amazing insight into a former mine. Visit the locker room and read the personal anecdotes and stories, walk around the Bath House and enjoy an immersive theatre experience too.

The highlight of your visit is getting kitted out in helmet, headtorch and safety belt to take the lift cage down to 90 metres below ground into the mine, where there are 27 miles of tunnels. An experienced guide (often ex-working miners) will show you around, explaining how miners worked - including trap doors and pit ponies!

Back up on top of the ground, you’ll be able to hop back on a train to continue your journey, first reversing up to the Whistle Inn stop, before running through Furnace Sidings and High Level to the last station at Coed Avon, ready for your return journey. You are welcome to hop on and off services during your day.

If there’s time and it’s on the day's schedule, you can also take a ride on one of Blaenavon’s diesel trains too. And there’s even an opportunity to explore the local UNESCO listed Blaenavon Industrial Landscape on foot, with easy-to-follow e-guides provided for you!