BBC Breakfast broadcasts live from Llangollen Station

* BBC reporter Jane McCubbin broadcasts live from Llangollen Station flanked by travellers waiting to board the Santa Special.

Llangollen and Corwen Railway's annual Santa Specials generate a quarter of its income - and also plenty of enjoyment and fun for excited travellers along the way.

That was the message from a live BBC broadcast from the heritage attraction earlier this morning (Tuesday).

BBC Breakfast reporter Jane McCubbin and a crew filmed two live sequences from a packed platform 1 as travellers waited to board one of two Santa Specials of the day making the 10-mile trip to Lapland (Carrog).

She spoke to passengers and volunteers and was told that, apart from generating lots of steam, the special excursions through the picturesque Dee Valley also bring in a healthy 25 per cent of the railway's annual income, which helps to keep everything on track.

Jane had a quick word with Santa and his Elves, a number of travellers and a young family of four who had come all the way from Kansas City in the USA to climb aboard the very special train.

* The Santa Special train waits for its passengers to board. 

* Santa and his Elves do an interview.

* Jane speaks to the family from Kansas.

* An excited young passenger waits to get aboard.

* And it's back to the studio from Llangollen Station.