The Earliest Public Electric Railway still in Operation

On Wednesday 4th August 1999 the 116th aniversary of the railway was celebrated with a special train to mark the recognition of the railway's unique status . The Guinness Book of Records had awarded the railway a certificate acknowledging it as ' The Earliest Public Electric Railway Still in Operation'.

Bernard Volk , the grandson of Magnus Volk , and his Wife Margaret , dressed in Victorian costume , posed for photographs . Then at 12 Noon , the time the railway officially opened on this day 116 years before , the train left the Aquarium Station driven by Mrs Volk .