This Easter, children visiting the Leighton Buzzard Railway will have the chance to meet the biggest Easter Bunny in Bedfordshire.

On Easter Sunday, 5th April, and Easter Monday, 6th April, the outsize Easter Bunny will be part of the railway’s Easter festivities. Five trains hauled by sister engines Doll and Gertrude will be running from Page’s Park Station to Stonehenge Works, as well as the extension to Munday’s Hill, which is the full length of the line. The first train on both days will depart from Page’s Park Station at 10.30 am.

There are plenty of activities to keep children occupied whilst they are at Stonehenge Works, including an Egg Hunt to search for small plastic eggs that have been hidden away. For each egg that they find, up to a maximum of five per child, they can exchange it for chocolate treats when they return to Page’s Park.

Also hidden around Stonehenge Works are some ‘Golden Tickets’. Any child lucky enough to find one of these can exchange it for a boxed Easter Egg, which will be presented to them by the Easter Bunny when they get back to Page’s Park. Each child will only be eligible to exchange one golden ticket for an Easter Egg.

For the under-fives, a new attraction this year is a separate search area especially for them. They will also take a ride on the miniature railway, which will be running in the yard with all rides free of charge.

Rail enthusiast visitors will also be catered for, with demonstration freight trains hauled by heritage diesel locomotives running alongside the passenger trains on the Mundays Hill extension.

Another attraction is a 1964 Ruston Bucyrus excavator, which was the type that, for many years, was used at the quarry face in Mundays Hill Quarry to load trains of side-tipping wagons.

Further information about the weekend’s activities and booking details is online at www.buzzrail.uk.

The railway opened its 2026 season in style with a special event on Mother’s Day, 15 March, when over 300 visitors gathered at Page’s Park Station.