Even eleven years after regular passenger services ceased the line still attracted railway excursions.

The arrival of the railway excursion, often using Day Tripper tickets, in the mid 19th century saw the blossoming of a distinctive day-tripper industry.

The depot of the Feilding and District Steam Rail Society is located in the town and it runs railway excursions from this base.

They also were able to charter a train on the newly opened railway to carry their members on a railway excursion.

July 5 - Thomas Cook arranges his first railway excursion, in England.

A seeming offer of first-class railway excursions incited the public to rob the wealthy passengers.

It attracted over 1.3 million visitors in the 142 days it was open, about four times the population of Manchester at that time, with many visiting on organised railway excursions.

Bluewater focused on railway excursions around and beyond the state of Michigan, usually hauled by the host railroad's locomotives.

In 1846 the first railway excursion organised for a sporting event worldwide ran on the new Great Southern and Western Railway line to Curragh races.

A number of railway excursions were organised in the early years, taking passengers to destinations such as Crystal Palace via Euston.