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The Easter Eggspress

Downpatrick & County Down Railway, Market Street, Downpatrick, County Down, BT30 6LZ
The Easter Bunny

About

The Easter Bunny is visiting the Downpatrick & County Down Railway again Easter Sunday and Monday, and his goal is simple: make sure all the children have a great day with their trains and come away with a chocolate Easter Egg.

There’s also a fun word hunt, and face painting in the station included in your ticket price.

Your tickets entitle you to:

Take part in our word hunt game

Meet the Easter Bunny to collect your Easter Egg

Visit the face painter to get a fun Easter look – all included in the charge

Stay as long as you like to explore our award-winning carriage gallery and museum

Stay over at the station at Inch Abbey for a while to visit the Abbey if you wish – you can catch the next train back, there’s no hurry

Visit our museum in the station building

Facilities

Event Facilities

  • Booking Required

Parking & Transport

  • On site parking
  • Station nearby

Guide Prices

Ticket TypeTicket Tariff
Adult£14.00 per ticket
Child£14.00 per ticket
Family£50.00 per ticket

Infant: free
Carers for paying adult requiring assistance: Free – please see our carers policy here: https://www.downrail.co.uk/help/carers/

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Opening Times

Season (5 Apr 2026 - 6 Apr 2026)
Sunday - MondayOpen

* Trains depart from Downpatrick at: 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00.

What's Nearby

  1. Travel back to the past with real vintage steam trains through St. Patrick's Country,…

    0 miles away
  2. Down Cathedral, a Cathedral of the Church of Ireland with magnificent stain glass…

    0.15 miles away
  3. The Saint Patrick Centre is the only permanent exhibition in the World about Ireland’s…

    0.19 miles away
  1. Down County Museum is located in the old county Gaol of Down. It houses fascinating…

    0.24 miles away
  2. Located in the heart of Downpatrick, Down Arts Centre is the operational base for the…

    0.35 miles away
  3. The foundation stone of this church was laid by Bishop Dorrian in 1886.

    0.38 miles away
  4. Built 1954 to the designs of S. McIlveen of Ferguson and McIlveen, Belfast. This is a…

    0.43 miles away
  5. Located on the north bank of the Quoile River, Inch Abbey was founded by John de Courcy…

    0.82 miles away
  6. Mourne Gullion Strangford Geopark is a UNESCO Global Geopark and recognised Area of…

    0.97 miles away
  7. The Strangford Lough and Lecale AONB boasts stunning landscapes and includes one of the…

    0.97 miles away
  8. Struell Wells was built around a stream flowing through a secluded valley. It was a…

    1.81 miles away
  9. The Reserve provides a relaxing natural retreat and offers visitors tranquil riverside…

    1.9 miles away
  10. Two miles outside Downpatrick is the replica of St Patrick's first church in Ireland.…

    2.12 miles away
  11. Castlescreen Farm is a working family run farm with many faces.

    Come and join us for one…

    2.99 miles away
  12. Situated 8.8km south east of Ballynahinch, on the north east shore of Loughinisland Lake,…

    3.47 miles away
  13. Restored ruins of a sixth century church of St. Tassach, said to have given the last…

    4.25 miles away
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