A FAMOUS UK pier that is loved by families has had to close one of its popular attractions.
Southend Pier in Southend-on-Sea is known for being the world’s longest pier, stretching over 1.3 miles long.
And on the pier is a unique railway attraction that runs up and down the pier.
However, over the weekend the train had to be suspended due to technical difficulties.
Everything else on the pier, including the museum and gift shop, is still open, but to get to them tourists will have to walk along the pier.
The pier’s website states: “The Pier train is currently out of service and is expected to remain unavailable until at least later this week.
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”The pier remains open as normal, and visitors are still very welcome to enjoy a walk along the world’s longest pleasure pier and visit the Pier Head.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
The railway is less than a metre wide, and runs for 1.25miles of the pier.
Services take place every half hour, from 10:30am each day.
The first transport on the pier was a horse tramway, which opened in 1872.
The horse tramway was then replaced by a single electric railway in 1890, marking the first pier railway in the country.
The following year, the pier railway was running the full length of the pier.
Later in the 1930s, the railway was expanded with four trains, each made up of seven carriages.
Today, the current carriages have been running since 2021.