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Sunday 6th October 2024

Central Scotland & Fife Push-Pull (Inter-City)

  • 47712 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Tweedbank - Forth Bridge - Dunfermline - Levenmouth Branch - Dunfermline (break) - Allooa - Stirling - Lambert - Cumbernauld - Mossend - Carstairs - Carlisle (sd) - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return


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Monday 7th October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 8th October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Chatsworth House (Belmond (British Pullman))

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

The Golden Hind (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Chippenham (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Taunton
  • 61306 Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Totnes - Plymouth
  • 61306 Plymouth (pu) - Totnes - Exeter St Davids - Taunton
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Chippenham (sd) - Swindon (sd) - Kemble (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Stonehouse (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Thursday 10th October 2024

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Bromley South - Swanley - Rochester - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford international - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Bromley South - Brixton - London Victoria

(Positioning Movement)

  • 61306 Bishops Lydeard - Taunton - Bristol TM - Severn Tunnel - Hereford - Shrewsbury - Crewe

Additional Tour Information

Locomotive and support coach movement.

Added 14:31 on Wednesday 2nd October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Friday 11th October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Saturday 12th October 2024

Historic Bath (Belmond (British Pullman))

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

The Cumbrian Coast Express (Pathfinder Railtours)

  •   Didcot Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stafford - Carlisle
  •   Carlisle - Cumbrian Coast Line - Carnforth
  •   Carnforth - Stafford (sd) - Birmingham New street (sd) - Dorridge (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Didcot Parkway
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Charter cancelled due to low bookings.

Added 19:48 on Wednesday 25th September 2024

The Atlantic Coast Express (re-dated From 28 September) (Railway Touring Company)

  • 35028 London Waterloo (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Exeter St Davids
  • 35028 Exeter St davids (pu) - Taunton - Bristol temple Meads - Bath Spa - Westbury - Salisbury (sd) - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - London Waterloo

Additional Tour Information

Re-dated from 28 September due to emergency engineering work between Axminster and Exeter St Davids due to landslip near Honiton Tunnel

Added 07:40 on Wednesday 4th September 2024

The Hadrian (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47 Derby (pu) - Long Eaton (pu) - Beeston (pu) - Alfreton (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - York
  • Carnforth Steam Pool York - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Carlisle - Tyne Valley Line - Low Fell - Durham - York
  • WCRC Class 47 York - Chesterfield (sd) - Alfreton (sd) - Beeston (sd) - Long Eaton (sd) - Derby

Portsmouth Harbour Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Rugeley Town (pu) - Cannock (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Portsmouth Harbour (break/rev) & return

The Cathedrals Express To Lincoln (Vintage Trains)

  • 5043 or 7029 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - Nottingham (pu) - Lincoln (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Sunday 13th October 2024

Sunday Lunch & Champagne Afternoon Tea (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return


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Monday 14th October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Evening Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC 37 Fort William - Mallaig and return

Tuesday 15th October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 16th October 2024

Historic Bath (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London victoria (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Thursday 17th October 2024

The Garden Of England (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

Royal Windsor Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Hull (pu) - Brough (pu) - Gilberdyke (pu) - Goole (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Retford (pu) - Newark North Gate (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Windsor & Eton Riverside (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Friday 18th October 2024

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Saturday 19th October 2024

The Pennine Perambulator (Pathfinder Railtours)

  •   Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Birmingham New street (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe
  •   Crewe – Stockport – Guide Bridge – Romiley – New Mills South Jn – Hope Valley Line – Sheffield – Woodhouse – Shireoaks – Woodend Jn (rev) – Worksop – Retford H.L. (short break/rev) – Worksop – Shireoaks – Brancliffe East Jn – South Yorkshire Joint Line – Doncaster – Hatfield & Stainforth (rev) – Doncaster North Chord – Haywood Jn – Askern – Knottingley West Jn – Oakenshaw South Jn – Monk Bretton Branch (rev) – Wakefield Kirkgate – Huddersfield – Standedge – Stalybridge – Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton upon Trent
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Cancelled due to D345 being temporarily withdrawn from the main line.

Added 21:09 on Thursday 3rd October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Sunday 20th October 2024

The Pembroke Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCR Steam Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Carmarthen (rev) - Tenby (sd) - Pembroke Dock
  • WCR Steam Pembroke Dock (pu) - Tenby (pu) - Cardiff Central (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

Additional Tour Information

Originally planned to run on 19th May 2024, but postponed on 1st May 2024, due to "current operational difficulties".

Added 18:02 on Wednesday 1st May 2024

The Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)

  • Steam tba Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Steam tba Stratford-upon-Avon - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham- Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill
  • Steam tba Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (sd) - Stratford-upon -Avon
  • Steam tba Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return


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Monday 21st October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45212 or 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 22nd October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45212 or 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 23rd October 2024

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

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Oxford Parkway (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45212 or 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Thursday 24th October 2024

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Bromley South - Swanley - Rochester - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford international - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Bromley South - Brixton - London Victoria

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45212 or 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Friday 25th October 2024

The Jacobite: Morning Train (West Coast Railway Company)

  • 45212 or 45407 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Saturday 26th October 2024

The East Anglian Freighter (UK Railtours)

  • Class 37 and 2 x Class 20s tnt London Liverpool Street (pu) - Shenfield (pu) - Chelmsford (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Saxmundham - Sizewell Branch - Saxmundham - Ipswich - Felixstowe Town - Ipswich - harwich - Colchester - Chelmsford (sd) - Shenfield (sd) - Southend Victoria (break) - London Liverpool Street

Sunday 27th October 2024

Sunday Lunch & Champagne Afternoon Tea (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

The Peaks Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Manchester Piccadilly (pu) - Hope valley Line - Sheffield - Brighton Junction - Chesterfield (sd) -Erewash Valley Line - Long Eaton - Derby - Belper - Chesterfield (pu) - Hope Valley Line - Manchester Piccadilly (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Preston

The Shakespeare Express From Derby (Vintage Trains)

  • 45596 Derby (pu) - Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 45596 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Birmingham Snow Hill & return
  • 45596 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton upon Trent (sd) - Derby

Thursday 31st October 2024

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Bromley South - Swanley - Rochester - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford international - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Bromley South - Brixton - London Victoria

Friday 8th November 2024

East Lancashire Railway (125 Group)

  • HST Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - Stalybridge (pu) - Bury Bolton Street

Additional Tour Information

One way trip, to move the HST from Butterley to the ELR ahead of taking part in the following weekend's event. One-way only tickets between any two calling points, priced at £30 from 125group.co.uk

Added 14:55 on Friday 4th October 2024

Pennine Peak (Inter-City)

  • LSL Class 47 Crewe (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Liverpool Lime Street
  • 45118 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Standedge Route - Huddersfield - Wakefield Kirkgate - Church Fenton - York - Newcastle (sd)
  • 45118 Newcastle (pu) - Sunderland - Hartlepool - Eaglescliffe - Northallerton - York - Church Fenton - Wakefield Kirkgate - Calder Valley - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd) -
  • LSL Class 47 Liverpool Lime Street - Runcorn (sd) - Crewe

Saturday 9th November 2024

The Blackpool Can-Can (UK Railtours)

  • Class 86 tba London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Preston - Blackpool North (break/rev) & return

Blackpool Can-Can Mini Tour (UK Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47 Blackpool North (pu) - Preston - Wigan - Bolton - Manchester Victoria - Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Calder Valley Line - Copy Pit - Blackburn - Preston - Blackpool North

Sunday 10th November 2024

The Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)

  • Steam tba Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Steam tba Stratford-upon-Avon - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham- Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill
  • Steam tba Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (sd) - Stratford-upon -Avon
  • Steam tba Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill


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Monday 11th November 2024

The Armistice Steam Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Steam tba London Victoria (pu) - Tonbridge - Tunbridge Wells - Hastings - Rye (sd) - Canterbury West
  • Steam tba Canterbury West - Ashford
  • Diesel tba Ashford - Rye - Hastings - Eastbourne
  • Steam tba Eastbourne - Lewes - Haywards Heath - Redhill - London Victoria

Saturday 16th November 2024

The Veney Venturer (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 33 (Pair) Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Barn Green (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Rugby – Northampton – Denbigh Hall Jn – Bletchley – Winslow – (Verney Junction!) – Bicester Village (break / rev) – High Wycombe – Neasden Chord – Acton Wells Jn – Hanwell Bridge Loop (rev) – Acton Wells Jn – Brent Curve Jn – Bedford Up and Dn Passenger Loop – Wellingborough Dn Goods Loop – Corby – Oakham Dn Goods – Melton Mowbray Dn Goods Loop – Leicester Up and Dn Slow – Knighton Up and Dn Goods - Nuneaton (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Barnt Green (sd) - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

The Christmas White Rose (Railway Touring Company)

  • 44871 tbc London King's Cross (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham - Retford - Doncaster - York (break/rev) & return

The Christmas White Rose (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) St Albans City (pu) - Luton (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Stamford (pu) - Peterborough
  • LSL Steam Pool Peterborough - Retford - Doncaster - York
  • LSL Steam Pool York (pu) - Doncaster - Retford - Peterborough
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Peterborough (sd) - Stamford (sd) - Oakham (sd) - melton Mowbray (sd) - Leicester (sd) - Kettering (sd) - Bedford (sd) - Luton (sd) - St Albans City

Blackpool Illuminations Express (Vintage Trains)

  • 45596 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe - Preston - Blackpool and return

Wednesday 20th November 2024

The Christmas Sussex Belle (Railway Touring Company)

  • 44871 tbc London Victoria (pu) - Redhill - Haywards Heath - Lewes - Eastbourne
  • Diesel tba Eastbourne - Hastings
  • 44871 tbc Hastings - Robertsbridge - Tunbridge Wells - Sevenoaks - Bat & Ball - Swanley - London Victoria

The Christmas White Rose (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Rugeley Trent Valley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
  • LSL Steam Pool Crewe - Hope Valley - York
  • LSL Steam Pool York - Calder Valley - Crewe
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Rugeley Trent Valley (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley (sd) - Tamworth Low Level (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby

Saturday 23rd November 2024

The Edinburgh Festive Explorer (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Bromsgrove (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
  • 86259 Crewe - Preston - Carlisle - Beattock - Carstairs - Edinburgh Waverley
  • 86259 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Carstairs - Beattock - Carlisle - Crewe (sd) -
  • Diesel tba Crewe - Stafford (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Bromsgrove (sd) - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Gloucester

The Christmas Cheshireman (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton - Chester (break/rev) & return

The Edinburgh Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

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

The Christmas White Rose (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Barrow-in-Furness (pu) - Dalton (pu) - Ulverston (pu) - Grange over Sands (pu) - Arnside (pu) - Carnforth (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) -
  • LSL Steam Pool Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Hope valley - Sheffield - York
  • LSL Steam Pool York (pu) - Calder Valley - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) -
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Warrington Bank Quay - Wigan North Western (sd) - Preston (sd) - Lancaster (sd) - Carnforth (sd) - Arnside (sd) - Grange over Sands (sd) - Ulverston (sd) - Dalton (sd) - Barrow-in-Furness

Wednesday 27th November 2024

The Cardiff Christmas Market Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Ascot (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Severn tunnel - Cardiff Central (break/rev) & return

The Christmas White Rose To York ChristmasMarket (Vintage Trains)

  • 5043 or 7029 Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - York (break/rev) & return

Thursday 28th November 2024

York Christmas Market (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam tba London Kiung's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Lincoln - Doncaster - York (break/rev) & return

Saturday 30th November 2024

The Chester Christmas Whistler (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • To be confirmed Dorridge (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Oxford (pu) - swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Chepstow - Maindee Junction - Abergavenny - Hereford - Shrewsbury - Wrexham General - Chester
  • To be confirmed Chester (pu) - tbc - Dorridge (sd) - Leamington Spot sa - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Seindon (sd) - Kemble (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Gloucester

Additional Tour Information

Enforced locomotive change due to D345 being temporarily withdrawn from the main line. Motive power to be advised.

Added 21:11 on Thursday 3rd October 2024

The Chester Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool Scarborough u. - Malton (pu) - York (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Hebden Bridge (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Chester
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Chester (pu) - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Hebden Bridge (sd) - Leeds (sd) - York
  • WCRC Class 47 York (sd) - Malton (sd) - Scarborough

The Bath & Bristol Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

Bath Christmas Market (Steam Dreams)

  • Steam tba London Victoria (pu) - Cheap (pu) - Leatherhead (pu) - Effingham Junction (pu) - Clinton (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Haslemere (pu) - Petersfierld (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return


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Monday 2nd December 2024

Bath Christmas Market (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Northampton (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Leighton Buzzard (pu) - Hemel Hempstead (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - West London tba
  • LSL Steam Pool West London tba - Slough (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Bath Spa
  • LSL Steam Pool Bath Spa (pu) - Maidenhead (sd) - Slough (sd) - West London tba
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) West London tba - Watford junction (sd) - Hemel Hempstead (sd) - Leighton Buzzard (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Northampton

Wednesday 4th December 2024

The Sherborne Christmas Carol (Railway Touring Company)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Sherborne (sd) - Yeovil Junction (break/rev) & return

Bath Christmas Market Express (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Bicester North (pu) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Princes Risborough (pu) - High Wycombe (pu) - Beaconsfield (pu) - Gerard Cross (pu) - West London tba
  • LSL Steam Pool West London tba - Bath Spa
  • LSL Steam Pool Bathn Spa - West London tba
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) West London tba - Gerrard's Cross (sd) - Beaconsfield (sd) - High Wycombe (sd) - Princes Risborough (sd) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Bicester North (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Warwick Parkway (sd) - Dorridge

The Christmas White Rose To York Christmas Market (Vintage Trains)

  • 5043 or 7029 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Burton upon Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - York (break/rev) & return

Friday 6th December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 13:33 on Monday 9th September 2024

Bath Christmas Market (Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Class 47 Southend Central (pu) - Leigh-on-Sea (pu) - Barking (pu) - West London (tba)
  • Steam tba West London (tba) - Reading - Newbury - Bath Spa
  • Steam tba Bath Spa (pu) - Newbury - Reading - West London (tba)
  • TBA West London (tba~) - Barking (sd) - Leigh-on-Sea (sd) - Southend Central

Saturday 7th December 2024

The Manchester Christmas Marketeer (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Gloucester
  • D1015 Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - West Midlands (route tba) - Stoke-on-Trent - Macclesfield - Stockport - Manchester Victoria
  • D1015 (Mini-add-on tour) Manchester Victoria (pu) - tbc- Blackburn - Accrington - CopyPit - Rochdale - Manchester Victoria
  • D0105 Manchester Victoria - tbc - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Gloucester
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Gloucester - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Salisbury

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

The Lincoln Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Lincoln
  • Black 5 tba Lincoln (pu) - Newark North gate -

The Lincoln Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Lincoln
  • Black 5 tba Lincoln (pu) - Newark North Gate - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King;'s Cross

Sunday 8th December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024


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Monday 9th December 2024

Bath Christmas Market (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Steam Pool Three Bridges (pu) - Haywatds Heath (pu) - Burgess Hill (pu) - Preston Park (pu) - Hove (pu) - Shoreham-by-Sea (pu) - Worthing (pu) - Farnham (pu) - Chichester (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 11th December 2024

The York Yuletide Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba Norwich (pu) - Thetford (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham - York
  • Black 5 tba York (pu) - Grantham - Peterborough
  • WCRC Class 47 Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Thetford (sd) - Norwich

Bath Christmas Market (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Steam Pool Staines (pu) - Chertsey (pu) - Woking (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Godalming (pu) - Haslemere u. - Petersfield (pu) - Havant (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Friday 13th December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

Chester Christmas Market (Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Class 47 Colchester (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Bury-St Edmunds (pu) - Ely (pu) - Peterborough
  • Steam tba Peterborough - Leicester - Nuneaton - Lichfield - Stafford - Crewe - Chester
  • LSL Class 47 Chester (pu) - Crewe - stafford - Lichfield - Nuneaton - Leicester - Peterborough - Ely (sd) - Bury St Edmunds (sd) - Ipswich (sd) - Colchester

Saturday 14th December 2024

Y Cracyr Nadolig (The Christmas Cracker) (Inter-City)

Additional Tour Information

The train will be top 'n' tail throughout, with the exception of Llanduno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog, where it is advertised to be double-headed with the Class 40 leading.

Added 22:22 on Tuesday 1st October 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

The Edinburgh Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

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

Bath & Bristol Christmas Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 35028 Three Bridges (pu) - Haywatds Heath (pu) - Preston Park (pu) - Hove (pu) - Worthing (pu) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

Sunday 15th December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

Wednesday 18th December 2024

The Christmas White Rose (Railway Touring Company)

  • Black 5 tba Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Sleaford - Doncaster - York
  • WCRC Class 47 York (pu) - Doncaster - Grantham - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Ely (sd) - Cambridge

Friday 20th December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

Saturday 21st December 2024

The Thames Valley Christmas Cracker (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 57/0 x 2 Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Appleford Sidings – Milton Siding – Didcot Parkway Up/Down Goods Loop – Reading Up Passenger Loop – Reading – Maidenhead Loop – Slough Up Goods Loop – Langley Siding – Iver Up Goods Loop – West Drayton Up Goods Loop – Colnbrook Branch – Dawley Up Goods Loop – Hanwell Jn – Down West Loop – Greenford East Curve – Park Royal Sidings – West Ealing – Acton West – Up Poplar – Acton Wells Jn – Kensington Olympia – London Victoria (short break of approx 1 hour). Return via Kensington Olympia – West London Jn – Acton Wells Jn – Old Kew Jn – Hounslow – Feltham Up/Down Arrivals – Wokingham – Reading – Down Festival Line – Didcot Parkway (sd) - Swindon (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Tamworth High Level (sd) - Burton upon Trent

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

The Edinburgh Christmas Market (Railway Touring Company)

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

Sunday 22nd December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024


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Monday 23rd December 2024

The London Polar Express (PNP Events)

Additional Tour Information

Steam locomotive will face into Euston. Departure times expected to be around 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30 and 18:30 provisionally.

Added 14:35 on Monday 9th September 2024

Friday 7th March 2025

The Six Nations Welsh Rugby Supporters Train (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • To be confirmed Swansea (pu) - Neath (pu) - Port Talbot Parkway (pu) - Bridgend (pu) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenny (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Motherwell (sd) - Edinburgh Waverley


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Monday 10th March 2025

The Six Nations Welsh Rugby Supporters Train (return) (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • To be confirmed Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Motherwell (pu) - Crewe (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Abergavenny (sd) - Cwmbran (sd) - Newport (sd) - Cardiff Central (sd) - Bridgend (sd) - Port Talbot Parkway (sd) - Neath (sd) - Swansea

Sunday 3rd August 2025

Great British Sunday Lunch & Champagne Afternoon Tea (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

Great British Sunday Lunch & Champagne Afternoon Tea (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

Wednesday 6th August 2025

Historic Bath (Belmond (British Pullman))

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

Thursday 7th August 2025

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Bromley South - Swanley - Rochester - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford international - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Bromley South - Brixton - London Victoria

Friday 8th August 2025

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

Saturday 9th August 2025

Great British Seaside: Broadstairs (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DRS Class 57 London Victoria (pu) - Broadstairs (break) & return

Thursday 14th August 2025

Chatsworth House (Belmond (British Pullman))

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

Saturday 16th August 2025

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond (British Pullman))

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Circular - London Victoria

Wednesday 20th August 2025

Historic Bath (Belmond (British Pullman))

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

Thursday 21st August 2025

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Bromley South - Swanley - Rochester - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford international - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Bromley South - Brixton - London Victoria

Friday 22nd August 2025

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

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Oxford Parkway (break/rev) & return


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