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 1st June 2023

Private Charter
(Operating on 2nd June 2023 by Private Charter)

  • 66190 + DBC 66/0 TNT Doncaster - York - Gascoigne Wood Down Loop - Drax Power Station
  • 66190 + DBC 66/0 TNT Drax Power Station - Knottingley - Castleford - York - Hambleton North -South Junctions - Doncaster
Tour Updated

The Flying Scotsman Centenary Weekender: Day 2
(Operating on 1st July 2023 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 60103 York (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Edinburgh Waverley
Tour Updated

The Flying Scotsman Centenary Weekender: Day 5
(Operating on 4th July 2023 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 60103 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Newcastle upon Tyne - York
  • WCRC Class 47/57 York - London King's Cross
Tour Updated

Welsh Marches Express
(Operating on 10th June 2023 by Vintage Trains)

  • 5043 and 7029 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Shrewsbury Abbey Foregate Curve - Craven Arms - Hereford
  • 5043 and 7029 Hereford - Abergavenny - Severn Tunnel Junction - Chepstow - Gloucester - Birmingham
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 31st May 2023

Portsmouth Harbour
(Operating on 31st May 2023 by Steam Dreams)

  • 61306 and 47853 Shoeburyness (pu) - Southend East (pu) - Southend Central (pu) - Barking (pu) - Portsmouth Harbour
  • 61306 and 47853 Portsmouth Harbour (pu) - West London (tba)
  • 47853 West London (tba) - Barking (sd) - Southend Central (sd) - Southend East (sd) - Shoeburyness
Tour Updated

Yorkshire Coast Statesman
(Operating on 31st May 2023 by Statesman Rail)

  • 47805 and 47828 Newport (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenny (pu) - Hereford (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Church Stratton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Whitchurch (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 30th May 2023

Cumbrian Mountain Express
(Operating on 3rd June 2023 by 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
  • 46115 Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • 46115 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
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 29th May 2023


(Operating on 31st May 2023 by Empty Stock Movement)

  • LSL HST Crewe - Shap - Carlisle - Hexham - Newcastle - Drem - Joppa Straight
Tour Updated


(Operating on 2nd June 2023 by Empty Stock Movement)

  • LSL HST Joppa Straight - Beattock - Carlisle - Shap - Crewe
Tour Updated


(Operating on 1st June 2023 by Empty Stock Movement)

  • WCRC Diesel Carnforth - Crewe - Shrewsbury - Abergavenny - Severn Tunnel - Bristol East Depot
Tour Updated

Champagne Afternoon Tea
(Operating on 2nd June 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Newport (pu) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Swansea & return
Tour Updated

English Riviera Express
(Operating on 3rd June 2023 by Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Diesel Slough (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Hungerford (pu) - Pewsey (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Taunton
  • 60007 Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Paignton - Kingswear
  • 60007 Kingswear (pu) - Paignton - Exeter St Davids - Norton Fitzwarren
  • LSL Diesel Norton Fitzwarren - Taunton - Westbury (sd) - Pewsey (sd) - Hungerford (sd) - Newbury (sd) - Reading (sd) - Maidenhead (sd) - Slough
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Historic Truro Of The Eden Project
(Operating on 3rd June 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Swansea (pu) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Par (sd) - Truro (break/rev) & return
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North Wales Coastal Pullman
(Operating on 1st June 2023 by Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Berwick-upon-Tweed (pu) - Alnmouth (pu) - Morpeth (pu) - Cramlington (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Chester-le-Street (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Thirst (pu) - York (pu) - Llandudno (break/rev) & return
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Tours added or updated on 27th May 2023

Oxford
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Steam Dreams)

  • 61306 and 47853 London Paddington (pu) - High Wycombe - Oxford Parkway - Oxford
  • 61306 and 47853 Oxford parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Oxford Parkway - Heyford - Banbury (rev) - High Wycombe - London Paddington
Tour Updated

Oxford Circular
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Steam Dreams)

  • 61306 and 47853 Oxford Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Oxford Parkway - Banbury - Dorridge (rev) & return
Tour Updated

Settle & Carlisle Special
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • 47813 and 57313 Darlington (pu) - Durham (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Hexham - Upperby Bridger Junction - Shap - Preston
  • D345 Preston - Shap - Upperby Bridge Junction - Appleby
  • D345 Appleby - S&C - Hellifield - Skipton - Leeds - York - Darlington (sd) - Durham (sd) - Newcastle upon Tyne
Tour Updated

The Crompton Torbay Venturer
(Operating on 29th May 2023 by Pathfinder Tours)

  • 33025 and 33029 Burton Upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Torquay (sd) - Paignton (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Garden Of England
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 67007 London Victoria (pu) - Gillingham - London Victoria
Tour Updated

The Parkeston Panorama
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by UK Railtours)

  • 66748 and 66765 Stevenage (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Finsbury Park (pu) - Stratford - Colchester - Ipswich - Bury St Edmunds - Ely - Norwich - Diss - Ipswich - Harwich International (rev) - Colchester - Stratford - Finsbury Park (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - Stevenage
Tour Updated

The Retro Devon Belle II
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Retro Railtours)

  • 50008 and 67028 tnt Huddersfield (pu) - Stalybridge (pu) - Reddish South (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Exeter St Davids (sd) - Torquay (sd) - Paignton (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The South Devon Explorer
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 47802 and 47812 Woking (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • 45596 Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Plymouth
  • 45596 Plymouth (pu) - Exeter St Davids - Taunton
  • 47802 and 47812 Taunton - Westbury (sd) - Newbury (sd) - Reading (sd) - Guildford (sd) - Woking
Tour Updated

Yorkshire Coast Statesman
(Operating on 27th May 2023 by Statesman Rail)

  • 47712 and 47593 Ayr (pu) - Troon (pu) - Kilmarnock (pu) - New Cumnock (pu) - Kirkconnel (pu) - Dumfries (pu) - Annan (pu) - Gretna Green (pu) - Carlisle (pu) - Penrith Northern Lakes (pu) - Oxenholme Lake District (pu) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 24th May 2023

Historic Oxford & Blenheim Palace
(Operating on 24th May 2023 by Belmond (British Pullman))

  • 67024 London Victoria (pu) - High Wycombe - Oxford Parkway
  • 67024 Oxford (pu) - High Wycombe - London Victoria
Tour Updated

Welsh Marches Express (postponed To 11 October)
(Operating on 14th June 2023 by Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Diesel Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • 60007 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Abergavenny - Hereford - Shrewsbury
  • 60007 Shrewsbury - Hereford - Abergavenny - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) -
  • LSL Diesel Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Cheltenham (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Droitwich Spa (sd) - Kidderminster (sd) - Stourbridge Junction
Postponed

Tours added or updated on 23rd May 2023

Champagne Afternoon Tea
(Operating on 26th May 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

Champagne Afternoon Tea
(Operating on 23rd June 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

Champagne Afternoon Tea
(Operating on 30th June 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

GBRf Private Charter
(Operating on 24th May 2023 by Private Charter)

  • 66718 London Wateroo - Richmond - London Waterloo
Tour Updated

Ladies Day At Royal Ascot
(Operating on 22nd June 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Manchester Victoria (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Birmingham international (pu) - Ascot (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Laurant-Perrier Champagne & Spirit Of Travel Lunch
(Operating on 26th May 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

Laurent-Perrier Champagne & Spirit Of Travel Lunch
(Operating on 23rd June 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

Laurent-Perrier Champagne & Spirit Of Travel Lunch
(Operating on 30th June 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special
(Operating on 17th June 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Leeds (pu) - Huddersfield (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Carlisle & return
Tour Updated

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special
(Operating on 24th June 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • TBC Coventry (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Mite-y Merrymaker To Ravenglass & Carlisle
(Operating on 3rd June 2023 by Vintage Trains)

  • 37403 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Ravenglass (sd) - Carlisle (break/rev) & return
Postponed

Tribute To The Bournemouth Belle
(Operating on 1st July 2023 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 22nd May 2023

The Capital Deltic Reprise
(Operating on 29th July 2023 by Pathfinder Tours)

  • 55009 Willington (pu) - Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Pontefract - Gascoigne Wood - Selby - Doncaster (pu) - Retford - Peterborough - Ely - Cambridge - Hitchin - London King's Cross
  • 55009 London King's Cross (pu) - Peterborough - Newark North Gate - Lincoln - Barnetby - Cleethorpes
  • TBA and 55009 tnt Cleethorpes - Ulceby
  • 55009 Ulceby - Doncaster (sd) - Sheffield (sd) - Chesterfield (sd) - Derby (sd) - Willington
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 20th May 2023

Chesterfield & Barrow Hill
(Operating on 20th May 2023 by UK Railtours)

  • 66706 and 66736 Finsbury Park (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham - Bottesford - Nottingham - Alfreton (sd) - Chesterfield (sd) - Barrow Hill
  • 66706 and 66736 Barrow Hills (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Princes Risborough - Greenford Loop - Wembley EFOC - City Goods Line - North London Incline - Finsbury Park (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Peterborough
Tour Updated

Dorset Coast Statesman
(Operating on 20th May 2023 by Statesman Rail)

  • 47828 and 47593 Whitchurch (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Wellington (pu) - Telford Central (pu) - Codsall (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Sandwell & Dudley (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole (sd) - Weymouth (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Edinburgh & Royal Yacht Britannia
(Operating on 20th May 2023 by Northern Belle)

  • 57313 and 57314 Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Flyer
(Operating on 20th May 2023 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 46115 and 47746 ant York (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Lakelander
(Operating on 20th May 2023 by Saphos Trains)

  • 47805 and 47853 Leeds (pu) - Dewsbury (pu) - Brighouse (pu) - Hebden Bridge (pu) - Todmorden (pu) - Rochdale (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Chorley (pu) - Preston (pu) -
  • 45231 Preston - Shap - Carlisle
  • 45231 Carlisle (pu) - Cumbrian Coast Line - Carnforth - Preston
  • 47805 and 47853 Preston (sd) - Chorley (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Rochdale (sd) - Todmorden (sd) - Hebden Bridge (sd) - Brighouse (sd) - Dewsbury (sd) - Leeds
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 19th May 2023

The Jurassic Coast Explorer
(Operating on 8th July 2023 by Hastings Diesels Limited)

  • Hastings DEMU Hastings (pu) - St Leonards Warrior Square (pu) - Battle (pu) - Etchingham (pu) - Tunbridge Wells (pu) - Tonbridge (pu) - Redhill (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Reading (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Wareham (sd) - Dorchester South (sd) - Weymouth (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Pilgrim Centurion
(Operating on 16th September 2023 by Pathfinder Tours)

  • Class 50 x 2 Swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston (pu) - Shap - Carlisle - Beattock - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Sevington Shoeboxes (GBRf Charity Railtour)
(Operating on 11th June 2023 by Branch Line Society)

  • Class 73 x 2 Tonbridge P1 (PU 10.45) - Paddock Wood P2 - Cranmore DGL - Headcorn P2 - Ashford - Sevington Loop (RM) - Ashford P1 (PU 11.45) - Maidstone East Through Line - Otford Up Loop - Swanley - Bickley - Kent House P1 - Brixton Jn - Factory Jn - Clapham Junction P6 (PU 13.30) - New Kew Jn - Kew East Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Willesden No 7 Jn - Wembley EuFOC (RM / loco change) - Kensal Green Jn - Gospel Oak - Harringay Curve - Stevenage - Huntingdon - Fletton Jn Dn Slow - Peterborough P5 (SD 17.00) - Helpston Jn - Tallington - Grantham - Bottesford - Nottingham P6 (SD 18.30)
Tour Updated

The Tyne-Tees Commemorative (in Conjunction With The Railway Magazine)
(Operating on 27th September 2023 by Pathfinder Tours)

  • 55009 London Kings Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

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