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Tuesday 27th September 2022

Modern Railways/Arriva Cross Country Charity Charter (CrossCountry)

The Lakes Express: Day 1 (Steam Dreams)

The Pendle Dalesman (West Coast Railtours)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 28th September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 29th September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 30th September 2022

Golden Arrow 50th Anniversary Steam-Hauled By Clan Line (Belmond (British Pullman))

  •   London Victoria (pu) - Canterbury West (break) & return
Cancelled

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

The Lakes Express: Day 4 (Steam Dreams)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 1st October 2022

Settle & Carlisle Circular (redated To 22nd October 2022) (Statesman Rail)

  •   Chester-le-Street (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Thirsk (pu) - York (pu) - Church Fenton (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Postponed

Additional Tour Information

Postponed until 22nd October 2022 due to RMT strike action.

Added 10:46 on Tuesday 20th September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 2nd October 2022

Murder Mystery Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Lune Rivers Trust (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth (pu) - Wennington (pu) - Bentham (pu) - York (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

Now operating on Sunday 2 October to avoid planned strike action.

Added 18:56 on Thursday 22nd September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)



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Monday 3rd October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 4th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 5th October 2022

Ben Nevis & Lochaber Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Darlington (pu) - Durham (pu) - Chester-le-Street (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Cramlington (pu) - Morpeth (pu) - Alnmouth (pu) - Berwick up[on Tweed (pu) - Drem (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Fort William (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 6th October 2022

Historic Oxford & Blenheim Palace (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

The Dalesman (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 7th October 2022

Dinner Hosted By Tom Aikens (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 8th October 2022

Cornish Riviera Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  •   Wolverhampton (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Truro (sd) - St Erth (sd) - Penzance (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Charter cancelled due to strike action.

Added 13:17 on Saturday 24th September 2022

The Welsh Marches Express (Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 Tyseley (tba) (pu) - Birmingham New street - Wolverhampton - Craven Arms - Hereford
  • 7029 Hereford (pu) - Severn Tunnel - Swindon - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Tyseley (tbc)

Additional Tour Information

Charter may be affected by rail union strike action across the network.

Added 15:38 on Saturday 24th September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 9th October 2022

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Monday 10th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 11th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 12th October 2022

Blenheim Palace & Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Severn Valley Deltic (Inter-City)

  •   Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - York (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Alfreton - Castle Donington - Water Orton - Walsall - Kidderminster - Bridgnorth (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Charter has been cancelled due to further work being required on the locomotive.

Added 12:17 on Monday 26th September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 13th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 14th October 2022

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 15th October 2022

The Golden Age Of Travel - Brighton Belle (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Brighton (break/rev) & return

The Settle & Carlisle (re-dated From 30 April) (Pathfinder Tours)

  • WCRC Class 37 (Pair) Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Bromsgrove (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stafford (pu) - S&C - carlisle
  • WCRC Class 37 (Pair) Carlisle (pu) - Shap - Stafford (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Bromsgrove (sd) - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

The Cumbrian Mountain Express (re-dated From 8 October) (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (by service train to Milton Keynes) (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (by service train to Rugby) (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth
  • WCRC Carnforth Steam Pool Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Carnforth Steam and Pool Carlisle - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Blackburn - Preston
  • 86259 Preston - Crewe (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - (by service train from Rugby) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - (by service train from Milton Keynes Central) - London Euston

Additional Tour Information

Due to proposed rail strike on 8th October, charter now moved back one week to operate on 15 October.

Added 09:46 on Tuesday 27th September 2022

Charter may be affected by rail union strike action across the network on this day.

Added 15:39 on Saturday 24th September 2022

The Yorkshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  •   Ealing Broadway (pu) - St Albans (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Leicester
  •   Leicester - Erewash Valley - Rotherham - York
  •   York (pu) - Chesterfield - Alfreton - Melton Mowbray - Ketterings- Bedford (sd) - Luton (sd) - St Albans (sd) - Ealing Broadway
Cancelled

Settle & Carlisle Circular (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Hull (pu) - Brough (pu) - Gilberdyke (pu) Howden (pu) - Selby (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Brighouse (pu) - Hebden Bridge (pu) - S&C - Carlisle & return

The Cotswold Express (Vintage Trains)

  •   Tyseley Locomotive Works (pu) - Landor Street
  •   Landor Street - Camp Hill Line - Bromsgrove - Cheltenham Spa - Stroud - Swindon - Oxford
  •   Oxford -Banbury - Leamington Spa - Tyseley Loccomotive Works
Cancelled

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 16th October 2022

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Monday 17th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 18th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 19th October 2022

Historic Bath & Longleat (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

The Torbay Delight (Inter-City)

  • 45118 York (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Derby (pu) - Paignton (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 20th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 21st October 2022

The Dinner (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 22nd October 2022

The Whitby Endeavour (Branch Line Society)

  • 50008 and Loram Class 37 tnt Derby P6 (PU 05.30) – Long Eaton P1 (PU 05.40) – Alfreton P1 (PU 06.00) – Up & Dn Blackwell Slow – Chesterfield P3 (PU 06.35) – Up & Dn Staveley Goods Loop – Woodhouse Jn – Sheffield P5 (PU 07.25 / RM) – Up Hexthorpe Goods – Doncaster P8 (PU 08.05) – Knottingley West Jn – Ferrybridge North Jn – Church Fenton P3 – Dn Leeds – York P10 (PU 09.28) – Dn Longlands Loop – Eaglescliffe – Thornaby – Newport East Jn – Middlesbrough – Battersby (photo stop / RM) – Grosmont (SD 12.37) – Whitby P1 (break 13.00 – 14.30 / RM) – Grosmont (PU 14.48) – Battersby (photo stop / RM) – Thornaby Up Goods No 1 – Eaglescliffe – Darlington Dn Bypass – Shildon – Bishop Auckland (RM) – Darlington Up & Dn Station Loop – Northallerton – York P3 (SD 19.09) – Hambleton East Jn – Selby Canal Curve – Doncaster P3 (SD 19.49) – Dn Hexthorpe Goods – Roundwood Chord – Sheffield P6 (SD 20.35) – Chesterfield P3 (SD 20.55) – Alfreton P2 (SD 21.20) – Ironville Jn Up & Dn Erewash Slow – Trowell Jn – Radford Jn – Lenton Curve – Long Eaton P2 (SD 22.20) – Derby P5 (SD 22.35)

Settle & Carlisle Circular (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Chester-le-Street (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Thirsk (pu) - York (pu) - Church Fenton (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return

Additional Tour Information

Redated from 1st October 2022 as a result of RMT strike action.

Added 10:46 on Tuesday 20th September 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Sunday 23rd October 2022

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Monday 24th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Tuesday 25th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Wednesday 26th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Thursday 27th October 2022

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Friday 28th October 2022

Murder Mystery Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

The Jacobite (Morning Train) (West Coast Railway Company)

Saturday 29th October 2022

The Golden Age Of Steam (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - tba - London Victoria

The Deltic Deviation (re-dated From 7 May) (Inter-City)

  •   Finsbury Park (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Sleaford - Doncaster - York (sd) - Durham (sd) - Newcastle upon Tyne (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Charter has been cancelled due to further work being required on the locomotive.

Added 12:17 on Monday 26th September 2022

The Cotswold Caper (Pathfinder Tours)

  • WCRC Class 37 (Pair) Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Swindon Reception- Up Swindon Goods Loop - South Marston Euroterminal NR Limit - Challow Up relief - Foxhall Curve - Down Kennington Goods Loop - Hinksey Yard - Oxford Down Through - Banbury (break) (rev) - Up Ayhno Goods Loop - Oxford (rev) - Moreton-in-Marsh Down refuge Siding - Worcester - Henwick Turnback Siding (rev) - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester (rev) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Barnt Green (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton-upon-Trent

Additional Tour Information

WCRC Class 37s in top and tail mode throughout until Gloucester on return, then double-headed.

Added 20:01 on Tuesday 16th August 2022

Friday 4th November 2022

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

Saturday 5th November 2022

Luminary Champagne Afternoon Tea (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Blackpool Illuminations (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Carnforth - Bentham - Settle Junction - Hellifield - Clitheroe - Blackburn - Preston - Blackpool North
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Blackpool North (pu) - Preston - Wigan North Western (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria

Wednesday 9th November 2022

Historic Bath (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

The International (Inter-City)

  • 45118 Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester - Melton Mowbray - Kettering - London St Pancras International
  • 45118 London St Pancras International (pu) - Kettering - Wellingborough - Wigston South Curve - Nuneaton (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Preston (sd) - Lancaster

Friday 11th November 2022

The Golden Age Of Travel (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

The Kentish Belle Armistice Day (Railway Touring Company)

  • 45596 London Victoria (pu) - Dartford - Chatham - Faversham - Whitstable - Margate - Ramsgate - Deal - Dover Priory - Folkestone - Ashford - Paddock Wood - Redhill - East Croydon - London Victoria

Saturday 12th November 2022

The Whistling Geordie (Pathfinder Tours)

  • WCRC tba Burton-upon-Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Sandwell & Dudley (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe
  • 40145 Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Manchester Victoria - Wakefield - York - Newcastle upon Tyne
  • 40145 Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Hexham - Carlisle Avoider - Shap - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe
  • WCRC tba Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Sandwell & Dudley (sd) - Birmingham New street (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton-upon-Trent

Whitby & Esk Valley Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Whitby (break/rev) & return

Friday 18th November 2022

Murder Mystery Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

Saturday 19th November 2022

The Golden Age Of Travel By Steam (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 35028 London Victoria - tba - London Victoria

The Whitby Jet (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST St Albans (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Wellingborough (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Corby (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Loughborough (pu) -Whitby (break/rev) & return

The Cheshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  • 45596 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Filton Abbey Wood (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenny (pu) - Hereford - Shrewsbury - Gobowen - Wrexham - Chester
  • 6233 Chester (pu) - Wrexham - Gobowen - Shrewsbury - Hereford - Abergavenny (sd) - Cwmbran (sd) - Filton Abbey Wood (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

Tuesday 22nd November 2022

The Cardiff Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Ascot (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swinfoin - Stroud - Gloucester (sd) - Cardiff Central (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 23rd November 2022

Chatsworth House At Christmas (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Chesterfield (break/rev) & return

Edinburgh Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Stafford (pu) - Stoke-on-Trent (pu) - Congleton (pu) - Macclesfield (pu) - Poynton (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Chorley (pu) - Preston (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Thursday 24th November 2022

The Christmas Sussex Belle (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London Victoria (pu) - Gatwick Airport - Haywards Heath - Lewes - Eastbourne
  • WCRC Diesel Eastbourne (pu) - Hastings
  • Black 5 tba Hastings - Robertsbridge - Tonbridge - Swanley - London Victoria

Friday 25th November 2022

Winchester Christmas Market (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Winchester (break/rev) & return

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

Saturday 26th November 2022

The York Yuletide Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Ealing Broadway (pu) - St Albas (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Leicester
  • 6233 Leicester - Alfreton (pu) - York
  • 6233 York (pu) - Alfreton (sd) - Leicester (sd) - Kettering (sd) - Bedford (sd) - Luton (sd) - St Albans (sd) - Ealing Broadway

Great Western Christmas Envoy (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Steam Pool Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

Edinburgh Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Herefords (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Church Stretton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Whitchurch (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

The Medway Pullman (UK Railtours)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Streatham - Selhurst - Redhill -Edenbridge - Tonbridge - Paddock Wood - Strood - Gravesend - Lewisham - London Victoria

Tuesday 29th November 2022

Bath Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Chester-le-Street (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Thirsk (pu) - Tork (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

The Christmas White Rose (Vintage Trains)

  • Steam tba Tyseley locomotive Works (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent u- Derby (pu) - York (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 30th November 2022

Bath At Christmas (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Edinburgh Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Holyhead (pu) - Bangor (pu) - Llandudnoi Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Prestatyn (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Thursday 1st December 2022

Canterbury At Christmas (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Canterbury (break) & return

Bath Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Leeds (pu) - wakefield Westgate (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Alfreton (pu) - Ilkeston (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

The Worcester Christmas Fayre (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swindon - Stroud - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (break/rev) & return

Friday 2nd December 2022

Festive Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

Saturday 3rd December 2022

Blackpool Lights (Inter-City)

  •   London Euston (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Blackpool North (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Peterborough (pu) - Spalding (pu) - Sleaford (pu) - Lincoln Central (pu) - Gainsborough Lea Road (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Wakefield Westgate (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

The North Eastern Christmas Markets (Pathfinder Tours)

  • D9009 Swindon (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Tamworth (pu) - Derby (pu) - York (sd) - Durham (sd) - Newcastle upon Tyne (break/rev) & return

The Lyndum Fayre (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Sleaford - Lincoln Central
  • 6233 Lincoln Central (pu) - Newark North Gate Grantham - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London Kings Cross

The York Yuletidfe Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Hope Valley Line - Sheffield (pu) - York (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 6th December 2022

Festive Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Sherborne Christmas Carol (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Sherborne (sd) - Ywovil Junction (break/rev) & return

The Merchant Venturer (Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 Solihull (pu) - Widney Manor (pu) - Knowle & Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 7th December 2022

Bath At Christmas (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Bath & Bristol Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Carnforth (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

Thursday 8th December 2022

Festive Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Watford Junction (pu) - Hemel Hempstead (pu) - Leighton Buzzard (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Long Buckby (pu) - Rugby (pu) -Nuneaton (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Friday 9th December 2022

Canterbury At Christmas (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Friday Charter (Inter-City)

  • LSL Electric Crewe (pu) - Trent Valley Line - London Euston
  • LSL Electric London Euston (pu) - Birmingham International (u s) - Birmingham New Street (pu) (sd) - Wolverhampton (pu) (sd) - Stafford (pu) (sd) - Crewe (pu) (sd) - Wilmslow (pu) (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

Saturday 10th December 2022

Festive Lunch By Steam (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - tba - London Vicrtoria

Bath Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Holyhead (pu) - Bangor (pu) - Llandudnoi Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Prestatyn (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Kidsgrove (pu) - Stoke on Trent (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

The Bath & Bristol Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 London Victoria (pu) - Stains u- Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

The Edinburgh Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool York (pu) - Durham (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 13th December 2022

Festive Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST St Albans (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Wellingborough (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Corby (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 14th December 2022

Le Manoir Aux Quat Saisons At Christmas (Belmond (British Pullman))

The Worcester Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill
  • 6233 Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Leicester
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Leicester - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd) - Cambridge

Edinburgh Christmas Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Hull (pu) - Brough (pu) - Gilberdyke (pu) Howden (pu) - Selby (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Shipley (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield (pu) - Settle (pu) - Kirkby Stephen (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Thursday 15th December 2022

Salisbury Carols (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBS Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Salisbury (break/rev) & return

Friday 16th December 2022

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • LSL HST Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Severn Tunnel Junction (pu) - Chepstow (pu) - Lydney (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Saturday 17th December 2022

The Holly & The Hoover (Branch Line Society)

  • 50008 and 31128 tnt Burton on Trent P2 (PU 05.10) – Tamworth P4 (PU 05.25) – Birmingham New Street P8 (PU / RM 06.10) – Coleshill Parkway P2 (PU 06.25) – Dn Arley Goods Loop – Up Nuneaton Chord – Nuneaton P2 (PU 07.00) – Coventry – Leamington Spa Up Main – Dn Banbury Goods Loop – Banbury P1 (PU 08.10) – Oxford Up Oxford – Hinksey Yard (RM) – Oxford Dn Oxford – Bicester Village (photo stop) – Princes Risborough Up Main – Gerrards Cross P1 – West Ruislip P4 (photo stop) – London Marylebone P3 (PU 11.30/RM) – West Ruislip – Princes Risborough P3 – Banbury P2 – Leamington Spa Dn Main – Warwick P1 (SD 13.25) - Hatton P3 – Stratford-upon-Avon P1 (break / RM) – Hatton P3 – Warwick P2 (PU 16.30) – Leamington Spa Up Main – Banbury P3 – Bicester North P2 – Princes Risborough P2 – Gerrards Cross – West Ruislip Through Line – Greenford South Jn – West Ealing – London Paddington P9 (SD 18.50 / RM) – Carriage Line - Old Oak Common East Jn – West Ealing – Greenford West Jn – Princes Risborough P3 – Bicester North P2 (photo stop) – Banbury P2 (SD 21.20) – Leamington Spa Dn Main – Dorridge – Tyseley P2 (SD 22.15) – Dn Bordesley Goods Loop – Bordesley Jn – St Andrews Jn – Landor Street Jn – Up Washwood Heath Goods – Coleshill Parkway P2 (SD 22.50) – Up Whitacre – Tamworth P3 (SD 23.10) – Burton on Trent P1 (SD 23.30)

The York Yuletide Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 Norwich (pu) - Thetford (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - York
  • WCRC Class 47/57 York (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - March (pu) - Thetford (pu) - Norwich

Festive Winchester (UK Railtours)

  • DBS Class 67 East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Stamford (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - welwyn Garden City (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Finsbury park (pu) - Winchester (break/rev) & return

Sunday 18th December 2022

Festive Lunch By Steam (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - tba - London Victoria

Tuesday 20th December 2022

Festive Lunch (Belmond (British Pullman))

Wednesday 21st December 2022

The Edinburgh Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

  • 6233 York (pu) - Durham (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Thursday 22nd December 2022

A Beverley Christmas Carol (UK Railtours)

  • DBS Class 90 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster
  • Class 50 tba Doncaster - Beverley
  • Class 50 tba Beverley - Doncaster
  • DBS Class 90 Doncaster - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross

Saturday 31st December 2022

New Year's Eve Dinner (Belmond (British Pullman))

Saturday 1st April 2023

The Yorkshire Pullman (re-dated From 9 July 2022) (21st Century Steam Ltd)

  • 60163 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - York (sd) - Harrogate
  • 60163 York (pu) - Harrogate (pu) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross

Additional Tour Information

Formed of Belmont British Pullman stock

Added 09:42 on Thursday 12th May 2022


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