Great Whipsnade Railway and is manned by platform staff during train operation. The Whipsnade Central station has an old-fashioned signal box which can be seen when leaving or approaching the station platform. Great Whipsnade Railway The Great Whipsnade Railway, also known as The Jumbo Express, is an English, narrow gauge heritage railway that operates within ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire, England. Construction of the railway started in 1970 and the initial line opened on 26 August 1970. The line provided rides within the animal enclosures and an additional attraction in its own right. Originally called the Whipsnade and Umfolozi Railway, it began as
Bremerhaven Zoo European Regional Development Fund. The operational costs is estimated to be around 70 thousand Euro per year. Valuable information was also taken from the charts in the zoo, see Official English Website Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven Zoo The Bremerhaven Zoo (officially Zoo am Meer, which is German for "Zoo next to the Sea") is located next to the river Weser and exhibits mainly species which live in the water or in northern environments; exceptions are, for instance, chimpanzees and White-headed marmosets. The main attraction are the polar bears, the South American sea-lions, the harbour seals and the South African fur