What's New

The page provides a rundown of the updates and additions that have taken place to the main Railtours page within the past 14 days. All information is provided in good faith and believed to be correct.

Tours added or updated on 26th July 2024

The Diamond Jubilee Express
(Operating on 27th July 2024 by Inter-City)

  • 45118 tbc Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Derby - Duffield (sd) - Chesterfield - (sd) - York (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 25th July 2024

Cornish Riviera Statesman
(Operating on 31st July 2024 by Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Derby (pu) - Burton-upon-Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Water Orton (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Truro (sd) - St Erth (sd) - Penzance (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 21st July 2024

The Dorset Coast Express
(Operating on 24th July 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 44871 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Andover - Romsey - Southampton Up Goods Loop
  • WCRC Class 47 Southampton Up Goods Loop - Bournemouth (sd) - Weymouth
  • 44871 Weymouth - Wareham - Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton Central - Winchester - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - London Victoria
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 18th July 2024

Staff Private Charter
(Operating on 20th July 2024 by GB Railfreight)

  • GBRf Class 57 Cardiff Central - Blackpool North (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 16th July 2024

Bath Christmas Market
(Operating on 30th November 2024 by 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
Tour Updated

Bath Christmas Market
(Operating on 6th December 2024 by 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
Tour Updated

Chester
(Operating on 8th August 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Diesel tba Southend Central (pu) - Leigh-in-Sea (pu) - Barking (pu) - London area (tba)
  • 46100 London area (tba) - Chester
  • LSL Diesel tba Chester (pu) - Barking (sd) - Leigh-on-Sea (sd) - Southend Central
Tour Updated

Chester Christmas Market
(Operating on 13th December 2024 by 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
Tour Updated

Exeter
(Operating on 28th September 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Class 47 London Paddington (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Reading (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Taunton
  • Steam tba Taunton - Exeter St Davids
  • Steam tba Exeter St Davids (pu) - Exeter Central (pu) - Salisbury - Reading (sd) - Maidenhead (sd) - London Paddington
Tour Updated

Exeter (re-dated To 28 September)
(Operating on 25th July 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Diesel tba London Paddington (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Reading (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Taunton
  • Steam tba Taunton - Exeter St Davids
  • Steam tba Exeter St Davids - Exeter Central (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • LSL Diesel tba Bristol Temple Meads - Swindon (sd) - Reading (sd) - Maidenhead (sd) - London Paddington
Postponed

Sugar Loaf & Stormy Push-Pull
(Operating on 7th September 2024 by Inter-City)

  • LSL Class 37/4 x 2 tnt Crewe (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Craven Arms - Central Wales Line - Swansea District Line - Cardiff Central
  • LSL Class 37/4 x 2 tnt Cardiff Central (pu) - Maindee Triangle (rev) - Chepstow - Gloucester - Lickey Incline - Camp Hill Line - Shrewsbury (sd) - Crewe
Tour Updated

The Dalesman
(Operating on 23rd July 2024 by West Coast Railway Company)

Cancelled

The Jacobite: Afternoon Train
(Operating on 16th July 2024 by West Coast Railway Company)

  • 37518 Fort William (pu) - Glenfinnan - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Jacobite: Morning Train
(Operating on 16th July 2024 by West Coast Railway Company)

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

The Kentish Belle
(Operating on 4th September 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Steam tba London Victoria (pu) - Canterbury West s- Ramsgate (sd) - Broadstairs (sd) - Margate (sd) - Herne Bay (sd) - Faversham (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Kentish Belle
(Operating on 7th August 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool London Victoria (pu) - Bromley South (pu) - Canterbury West (sd) - Ramsgate (sd) - Margate (sd) - Herne Bay (sd) - Faversham (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Pendle Dalesman
(Operating on by West Coast Railtours)

  • Steam tba Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Pendle Dalesman
(Operating on 6th August 2024 by West Coast Railtours)

  • Steam tba Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Pendle Dalesman
(Operating on 3rd September 2024 by West Coast Railtours)

  • Steam tba Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Pendle Dalesman
(Operating on by West Coast Railtours)

  • Steam tba Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Pendle Dalesman
(Operating on 16th July 2024 by West Coast Railtours)

  • 44871 Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Stratford Flyer
(Operating on 7th September 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Steam tba Norwich (pu) - Thetford (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Steam tba Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Leicester
  • WCRC Class 47 leicester - Peterborough (sd) - March (sd) - Thetford (sd) - Norwich
Tour Updated

The Swanage Belle
(Operating on 11th September 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Steam tba London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Swanage
  • WCRC Class 47 Swanage (pu) - Southampton Central
  • Steam tba Southampton Central - Romsey - Andover - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - London Victoria
Tour Updated

York Christmas Market
(Operating on 28th November 2024 by Steam Dreams)

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

Tours added or updated on 15th July 2024

The Garden Of England Lunchtime Tour
(Operating on 16th July 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Steam Pool 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
Cancelled

The Garden Of England Lunchtime Tour
(Operating on 30th July 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Steam Pool 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
Cancelled

The Sunset Steam Express
(Operating on 16th July 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • Diesel and Steam tnt London Victoria (pu) - Kensington Olympia - Willesden West London Junction - Willesden No. 7 (rev) -
  • Steam and Diesel tnt Willesden No. 7 - Acton Wells Junction - Kew East Junction - Brentford - Chertsey - Woking - Shalford - Redhill - East Croydon - Clapham Junction - London Victoria
Cancelled

The Sunset Steam Express
(Operating on 30th July 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • Diesel and Steam tnt London Victoria (pu) - Kensington Olympia - Willesden West London Junction - Willesden No. 7 (rev) -
  • Steam and Diesel tnt Willesden No. 7 - Acton Wells Junction - Kew East Junction - Brentford - Chertsey - Woking - Shalford - Redhill - East Croydon - Clapham Junction - London Victoria
Cancelled

Tours added or updated on 14th July 2024


(Operating on 14th July 2024 by Positioning Movement)

  • 60532 and 57311 tnt York - Calder Valley - Manchester Victoria - Earlestown - Warrington Bank Quay - Crewe HS
Tour Updated

The North West Freighter
(Operating on 14th July 2024 by UK Railtours)

  • 57306 Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Trent Valley Line - Crewe
  • 57306 and 60047 tnt Crewe - Folly Lane
  • 60047 and 57306 tnt Folly Lane - Frodsham - Helsby
  • 57306 and 60047 tnt Helsby - Warrington Bank Quay - Preston Docks - Ribble Steam Railway
  • 60047 and 57306 tnt Ribble Steam Railway - Preston Docks - Chester Down & Up Goods
  • 57306 Chester Down & Up Goods - Wrexham General - Shrewsbury - West Midlands - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction
Tour Updated

The Shakespeare Express
(Operating on 14th July 2024 by Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 or 47773 tnt Leicester (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Porridge - Hatton (rev) - - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 7029 Stratford-upon-Avon - Henley in Arden - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham- Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill
  • 7029 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (sd) - Stratford-upon -Avon
  • 7029 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Henley in Arden - Tyseley (sd) - Leicester
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 13th July 2024

Oxford
(Operating on 13th July 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • 47593 and 47810 Haywards Heath (pu) - Three Bridges (pu) - Redhill (pu) - Purley (pu) - West London (tba)
  • 46100 West London (tba) - Oxford
  • 46100 Oxford (pu) - West London (tba)
  • TBA West London (tba) - Purley (sd) - Redhill (sd) - Three Bridges (sd) - Haywards Heath
Tour Updated

The Cumbrian Mountain Express
(Operating on 13th July 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 47802 and 47848 tnt Crewe (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Broad Green (pu) - St Helens Central (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth
  • 44871 and 47848 tnt Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • 44871 and 47848 tnt Carlisle - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Blackburn - Preston
  • 47602 and 47848 tnt Preston - Wigan North Western (sd) - St Helens Central (sd) - Broad Green (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street (sd) - Runcorn (sd) - Crewe
Tour Updated

The Royal Duchy
(Operating on 1st September 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Steam tba Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Yatton (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St Davids (pu) - Plymouth (sd) - Par (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Waterside Wanderer
(Operating on 28th July 2024 by UK Railtours)

  • Class 33 and GBRf Class 66 London Fenchurch Street (pu) - Stratford - Chelmsford (pu) - Colchester (pu) - Manningtree - Harwich Town (rev) - Griffin Wharf - Clacton on Sea - Walton on the Naze - Colchester Town - Stratford (sd) - London Fenchurch Street
Tour Updated

The Waterside Wanderer
(Operating on 28th July 2024 by UK Railtours)

  • Class 33 and GBRf Class 66 London Fenchurch Street (pu) - Stratford - Chelmsfo rd (pu) - Colchester (pu) - Manningtree - Harwich Town (rev) - Griffin Wharf - Clacton on Sea - Walton on the Naze - Colchester Town - Stratford (sd) - London Fenchurch Street
Tour Updated

The White Rose
(Operating on 13th July 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

Cancelled

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