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Monday 1st September 2025

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 4 (Belmond)

Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 5 (Belmond)

Yorkshire Coast Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Swansea (pu) - Neath (pu) - Port Talbot Parkway (pu) - Bridgend (pu) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Severn Tunnel Junction (pu) - Chepstow (pu) - Lydney (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - York (sd) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

Pendle Dalesman (West Coast Railtours)

  • WCRC Steam Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - Hellifield - Settle - Ribblehead - Appleby - Carlisle and return

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 6 (Belmond)

Historic Edinburgh & Royal Yacht Britannia (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Swinton (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

(Positioning Movement)

Settle & Carlisle Fellsman (Saphos Trains)

  • 70000 tbc Blackpool North (pu) - Poulton-le-Fylde (pu) - Kirkham & Wesham (pu) - Preston (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Clitheroe (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return

Thursday 4th September 2025

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 7 (Belmond)

The Dalesman (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Diesel York (pu) - Castleford (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield
  • WCRC Steam Hellifield - Ribblehead - Appleby - Carlisle and return
  • WCRC Diesel Hellifield - Skipton (sd) - Keighley (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York (sd)

Friday 5th September 2025

The Coal Brush (Branch Line Society)

  • GBRf Class 57 and GBRf Class 69 tnt Peterborough (PU 15.00) - Oakham DGL - Melton Mowbray DGL - Leicester Humberstone Road Reception RM -
  • GBRf Class 69 and GBRf Class 57 tnt Leicester Humberstone Road Reception - East Midlands Parkway (PU 17.00) - Castle Donnington - Willington (PU 17.30) - Clay Mills DGL - Burton on Trent DTG - Barton Under Needwood - Elford Loop - Coleshill Parkway - Sutton Park - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall UFL - Bescot UGL - Tame Bridge Parkway (SD 19.00) - Perry Bar North Jn - Perry Bar West Jn - Soho DG - Soho North Jn - Smethwick Jn - Stourbridge Junction (SD 19.45) - Kidderminster SVR (SD 20.00)

LTM Metropolitan Line Specials (London Transport Museum)

  • 1938 Stock Harrow-on-the-Hill (pu) - Amersham
  • 1938 Stock Amersham (pu) - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Amersham (sd) (twice)
  • 1938 Stock Amersham (pu) - Harrow-on-the-Hill (sd)

The Spirit Off Travel Lunch & Champagne Afternoon Tea (Northern Belle)

  •   Norwich (pu) - Ipswich (pu) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Removed from website, presumed cancelled

Added 12:14 on Saturday 9th August 2025

The Cambrian Coast Express (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Cardiff Central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Chepstow (pu) - Lydney (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) -
  • WCRC Class 37 and NR Class 97/3 Shrewsbury - Machynlleth - Barmouth (sd) - Porthmadog (sd) - Criccieth (sd) - Pwllheli (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 37 and NR Class 97/3 Pwllheli (pu) - Criccieth (pu) - Porthmadog (pu) - Barmouth (pu) - Machynlleth - Shrewsbury (sd) (rev)
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham New Street us - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Cheltenham Spa us - Gloucester (sd) - Lydney (sd) - Chepstow (sd) - Newport (sd) - Cardiff Central

(Positioning Movement)

  • 7029 and 45596 Tyseley - Leamington Spa - Banbury - Oxford - Didcot Foxhall Jn - Challow - Swindon - Bath Spa - St Philips Marsh

Additional Tour Information

Positioning movement for the following day's 'Mayflower' charter.

Added 22:38 on Saturday 30th August 2025

Saturday 6th September 2025

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond)

LTM Metropolitan Line Specials (London Transport Museum)

  • 1938 Stock Harrow-on-the-Hill (pu) - Watford - Amersham (sd)
  • 1938 Stock Amersham (pu) - Watford - Amersham (sd) (five trips)
  • 1938 Stock Amersham (pu) - Watford - Harrow-on-the-Hill (pu)

Historic York At Leisure & Harewood House (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Ipswich (pu) - Norwich (pu) York (break/rev) & return

The Stratford Flyer (Railway Touring Company)

English Riviera Express (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) High Wycombe (pu) - Princes Risborough (pu) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Bicester Village (pu) - Oxford Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Chippenham (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Taunton
  • LSL Steam Pool Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Paignton - Kingswear
  • LSL Steam Pool Kingswear (pu) - Paignton - Exeter St Davids - Norton Fitzwarren
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Norton Fitzwarren - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Chippenham (sd) - Swindon (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Oxford Parkway (sd) - Bicester Village (sd) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (sd) - Princes Risborough (sd) - High Wycombe

The Whistling Clansman (SRPS Railtours)

  •   Linlithgow (pu) - Dalmeny (pu) - Kirkcaldy (pu) - Perth (pu) - Inverness (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Reported cancelled and removed from SRPS website.

Added 08:17 on Thursday 14th August 2025

The Industria Ditat (UK Railtours)

  • GBRf Class 57/3 and GBRf Class 60 Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby - Nuneaton (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe Independent Lines - Runcorn (pu) - Ditton Reception Sidings (attach Class 60) - Alstom Widnes Train Care Centre - Ditton Reception Sidings - Ditton Intermodal Terminal (NR Boundary) - Ditton Reception Sidings - Latchford Sidings - Hartford Chord - Chester - Llandudno Junction - Glan ConwyFreight Yard - Llandudno Junction
  • GBRf Class 57/3 and GBRf Class 60 Llandudno Junction - Chester (detach Class 60) (sd) - Crewe (Chester independent Line) - Stafford (sd) - Tamworth Low Level (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction

The Mayflower (Vintage Trains)

  • Diesel tbc Birmingham New Street (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • 7029 and 45596 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Plymouth
  • 7029 and 45596 Plymouth - Bristol Temple Meads
  • Diesel tbc Bristol Temple Meads (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Barnt Green (sd) - Birmingham New Street

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

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

Sunday 7th September 2025

LTM Metropolitan Line Specials (London Transport Museum)

  •   Harrow-on-the-Hill - Amersham (sd)
  •   Amersham (pu) - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Amersham (sd) (four trips)
  •   Amersham (pu) - Harrow-on-the-Hill (sd)
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Workings cancelled due to the threatened RMT strike action.

Added 16:50 on Monday 1st September 2025

The Waverley (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Steam York (pu) - Leeds (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - S&C - Carlisle (break/rev) & return

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

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



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Monday 8th September 2025

The Cotswold Crusader (Branch Line Society)

  • GBRf Class 66 x 2 and GBRf Class 57 Kidderminster SVR (PU 08.30) - Kidderminster U&D RM - Kidderminster (PU 09.00) - Stourbridge (PU 09.15) - Stourbridge DGL - Up Rowley Regis Goods Loop - Rood End UGL - Galton Jn - Soho East - Tame Bridge Parkway (PU/SD 09.45) - Bescot U&D Loop
  • GBRf Class 57 and GBRf Class 66 tnt Bescot U&D Loop - Walsall P1 - Ryecroft Jn - Castle Bromwich Jn - Washwood Heath UDS - Bromford Bridge UDS - Duddeston Jn - St Andrews Jn - Kings Norton - Longbridge - Cofton DGL - Bromsgrove DGL - Stoke Works Jn - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Evesham – Kingham - Finstock - Wolvercote Jn - Oxford UTL - Hinksey North - Hinksey Reception Sidings
  • GBRf Class 66 and GBRf Class 57/3 tnt Hinksey Reception Sidings RM - Oxford (SD 14.30) - Bicester Village - Claydon Loop East - Milton Keynes RM
  • GBRf Class 57/3 and GBRf Class 66 tnt Milton Keynes (SD 15.15) - Bletchley Relief 2 - Bletchley P5 -
  • GBRf Class 66 and GBRf Class 57 tnt Bletchley P5 - Millbrook - Bedford St John’s - Bedford - Wellingborough P3 - Kettering (SD 16.10) - Market Harborough - Leicester (SD 16.30) - Syston East Jn - Melton Mowbray - Oakham - Stamford - Peterborough (SD 17.30)

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

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

Tuesday 9th September 2025

The Lakes Express: Day 1 (Steam Dreams)

  • LSL tba London Victoria (pu) - Watford Junction - Crewe
  • 60532 Crewe - tbc- Carlisle
  • LSL Diesel Carlisle - Oxenholme Lake District

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

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

Wednesday 10th September 2025

Torbay Riviera Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Norwich (pu) - Diss (pu) - Stowmarket (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Manningtree (pu) - Colchester (pu) - Chelmsford (pu) - Ilford (pu) - Torquay (sd) - Paignton (break/rev) & return

The Swanage Belle (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Steam and WCRC Diesel tnt London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Andover - Romsey - Redbridge - Southampton Up goods Loop
  • WCRC Diesel and WCRC Steam tnt Southampton Up Goods Loop - Redbridge - Bournemouth - Poole - Warham - Swanage
  • WCRC Steam and WCRC Diesel Swanage (pu) - Warham - Poole - Bournemouth - Southampton Central - Winchester - Basingstoke - Woking - Staines - Clapham Junction - London Victoria

Snowdonia Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Cardiff central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Severn tunnel Junction (pu) - Chepstow (pu) - Lydney (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Betws-y-Coed (sd) - Blaenau Ffestiniog (break/rev) & return

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

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

Thursday 11th September 2025

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Nunhead - Swanley - Sole Street - Gillingham - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Herne Hill - London Victoria

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

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

Friday 12th September 2025

The Cambrian Coast Express (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) -[
  • WCRC Class 37 and NR Class 87/3 Shrewsbury - Machynlleth - Barmouth (sd) - Porthmadog (sd) - Criccieth (sd) - Pwllheli (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 37 and NR Class 97/3 Pwllheli (pu) - Criccieth (pu) - Porthmadog (pu) - Barmouth (pu) - Machynlleth - Shrewsbury (sd) (rev)
  • WCRC Class 57 Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Kidderminster (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads

The Lakes Express: Day 4 (Steam Dreams)

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

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

Saturday 13th September 2025

Lord Of The Isles Pullman: Day 1 (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Rugby union- Nuneaton (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Inverness

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Newton-le-Willows (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield - Preston
  • WCRC Class 57 Preston (sd) - Newton-le-Willows (sd) - Liverpool Lime Street

The West Somerset Steam Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Steam tba London Paddington (pu) - Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Taunton - Bishops Lydeard
  • WSR Steam Bishops Lydeard - Minehead
  • WSR Steam Minehead - Bishops Lydeard
  • WCRC Steam Bishops Lydeard - Taunton - Newbury (sd) - Reading (sd) - Slough (sd) - London Paddington

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

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

Sunday 14th September 2025

Lord Of The Isles: Day 2 (Midland Pullman)

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

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



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Monday 15th September 2025

Lord Of The Isles Pullman: Day 3 (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Inverness (pu) - Lancaster (sd) - Preston (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - stafford (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level; (sd) - Tamworth Low Level (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby

Edinburgh Summer Explorer (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Chester (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Leyland (pu) - Preston (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Oxenhole Lake District (pu) - Penrith Northern Lakes (pu) - Carlisle (pu) -
  • LSL Steam Pool Carlisle (pu) - Beattock - Edinburgh Waverley
  • LSL Steam Pool Edinburgh Waverley - Beattock - Carlisle
  • GBRf Class 47 (Pair) Carlisle (sd) - Penrith Northern Lakes (sd) - Oxenholme Lake District (sd) - Lancaster (sd) - Preston (sd) - Leyland (sd) - Wigan North Western (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Frodsham (sd) - Chester

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

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

Tuesday 16th September 2025

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

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

Wednesday 17th September 2025

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

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

Thursday 18th September 2025

Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  •   London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Andover - Southampton Central
  •   Southampton Central - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole - Weymouth
  •   Weymouth - Poole - Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton Central (water) - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Weybridge (sd) - London Waterloo
Cancelled

Additional Tour Information

Removed from website, reported cancelled.

Added 16:04 on Friday 29th August 2025

Train redated from its original 14th August 2025 operation due to lack of available steam traction.

Added 22:04 on Friday 8th August 2025

Welsh Marches Express (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Woking (pu) - Farnborough Main (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Andover (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Bradford-on-Avon (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • LSL Steam Pool Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Abergavenny - Hereford - Shrewsbury
  • LSL Steam Pool Shrewsbury (pu) - Hereford - Abergavenny - Bristol Temple Meads
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Bristol temple Meads (sd) - Bradsford-on-Avon (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Salisbury (sd) - Andover (sd) - Basingstoke (sd) - Farnborough Main (sd) - Woking

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

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

The Dalesman (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Diesel York (pu) - Castleford (pu) - Woodlesford (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield
  • WCRC Steam Hellifield - Ribblehead - Appleby - Carlisle and return
  • WCRC Diesel Hellifield - Skipton (sd) - Keighley (sd) - Woodlesford (sd) - Castleford (sd) - York (sd)

Friday 19th September 2025

West Highland Pullman: Day 1 (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Slough (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Reading (pu) - Tilehurst (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Fort William

Cornish Lunch Via Dawlish (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Cardiff Central (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Taunton (pu) & return

The Autumn Highlander: Day 1 (Pathfinder Railtours)

  •   Exeter St Davids (pu) - Taunton (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Chippenham (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Preston (pu) -
  •   Preston - Shap - Carlisle - Dunfries - Paisley Gilmour Street
Cancelled

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

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

Saturday 20th September 2025

Historic Bath (Belmond)

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

Heaton Depot 150th Anniversary (Branch Line Society)

  • 125 Group HST Derby (pu) - Chesterfield (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - EWCML - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Heaton Depot
  • 125 Group HST Heaton Depot -Newcastle-upon-Tyne - Sunderland - Doncaster (sd) - Sheffield (sd) - Chesterfield (sd) - Derby

Stratford-upon-Avon (Hastings Diesels Limited)

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Telford Central (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Wrexham (pu) - Chester (pu) - Carnforth
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield - Preston (sd)
  • WCRC Class 57 Preston - Chester (sd) - Wrexham General (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Telford Central

The Atlantic Coast Express (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Dorridge (pu) - Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Plymouth (sd) - Bodmin Parkway (sd) - Par (sd) - Newquay (break/rev) & return

The Atlantic Coast Express (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Dorridge (pu) - Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Kidderminster (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Plymouth (sd) - Bodmin Parkway (sd) - Par (sd) - Newquay (break/rev) & return

The Autumn Highlander: Day 2 (Pathfinder Railtours)

  •   Dumbarton Central (pu) - Oban (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

The Cumbrian Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (by service train to Rugby) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carlisle
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Carlisle - Cumbrian Coast Line - Carnforth
  • 86259 Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - (Northampton by service train from Rugby) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston

The Worcester Steam Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Runcorn (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stafford - Rugeley North Junction - Cannock Chase Line - Walsall - Perry Barr to Soho Junctions - Rowley Regis - Kidderminster (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (break/rev) & return

The Cambrian Coast Explorer (Vintage Trains)

  • 37240 Dorridge (pu) - Widney Manor (pu) - Birmingham New street (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Shrewsbury
  • 37240 and NR Class 97/3 Shrewsbury (pu) - Machynlleth - Aberystwyth
  • 37240 and NR Class 97/3 Aberystwyth (pu) - Machynlleth - Shrewsbury
  • 37240 Shrewsbury (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Tame Bridge Parkway (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Widney Manor (sd) - Dorridge

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

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

Sunday 21st September 2025

West Highland Pullman: Day 3 (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Fort William (pu) - Solihull (sd) - Dorridge (sd) - Warwick Parkway (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Tilehurst (sd) - Reading (sd) - Maidenhead (sd) - Slough

The Autumn Highlander: Day 3 (Pathfinder Railtours)

  •   Dumbarton Central (pu) - Perth - Aviemore (sd) - Inverness (break/rev) & return
Cancelled

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

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



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Monday 22nd September 2025

The Autumn Highlander: Day 4 (Pathfinder Railtours)

  •   Dumbarton Central (pu) - Carlisle - Preston
  •   Preston - Stafford (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Dorridge (sd) - Leamington Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Swindon (sd) - Chippenham (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Taunton (sd) - Exeter St Davids
Cancelled

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

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

Tuesday 23rd September 2025

The Golden Arrow (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Poole (pu) - Bournemouth (pu) - Brockenhurst (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Eastleigh (pu) - Winchester (pu) - Micheldever (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Reading - West London
  • LSL Steam Pool West London - Dover - West London
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) West London - Reading (sd) - Basingstoke (sd) - Micheldever (sd) - Winchester (sd) - Eastleigh (sd) - Southampton Central (sd) - Brockenhurst (sd) - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole

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

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

Wednesday 24th September 2025

Historic Bath (Belmond)

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

Dorset Coast Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Nottingham (pu) - Attenborough (pu) - East Midlands Parkway (pu) - Loughborough (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Oakham (pu) - Corby (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Wellingborough (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole (sd) - Weymouth (break/rev) & return

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

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

Thursday 25th September 2025

The Golden Age Of Travel By Steam (Belmond)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Nunhead - Swanley - Sole Street - Gillingham - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Herne Hill - London Victoria

Edinburgh, Royal Yacht Britannia, Holyrood Palace (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Manchester Victoria (pu) - Preston (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

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

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

Friday 26th September 2025

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond)

The White Rose (Saphos Trains)

  • GBRf Class 47 (Pair) Hereford (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Church Stretton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Whitchurch (pu) - Crewe
  • LSL Steam Pool Crewe (pu) - Warrington bank Quay (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Hope valley Line - York
  • LSL Steam Pool York (pu) - Calder Valley Line - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe
  • GBRf Class 47 (Pair) Crewe (sd) - Whitchurch (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Church Stretton (sd) - Craven Arms (sd) - Ludlow (sd) - Leominster (sd) - Hereford

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

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

Saturday 27th September 2025

The Rail 200 Special (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47/57 Carnforth (pu) - Bentham - Settle Junction - Skipton (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Leeds (pu) - York
  • Carnforth Steam Pool York (pu) - Darlington - Sheldon - Bishop Auckland - Weardale Railway - Stanhope
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Stanhope - Weardale Railway - Bishop Auckland - Sheldon (pu) - Darlington
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Darlington - Durham - Newcastle upon Tyne Bridges - Durham - Ferryhill Junction - Stockton - Eaglescliffe - Yarm - Northallerton - York
  • WCRC Class 47/57 York - Leeds (sd) - Keighley (sd) - Skipton (sd) -Settle Junction - Bentham - Carnforth

The Oban Bucket (SRPS Railtours)

  • 40013 Carlisle (pu) - Lockerbie (pu) - Motherwell (pu) - Robroyston (pu) - Western (pu) - Oban (break/rev) & return

Railway 200: Network South East Day Charter (To Be Confirmed)

  • 465908 Itinerary to be announced Tickets on sale 25 August

Railway 200: Network South East Day Charter (To Be Confirmed)

  • 465908 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Herne Hill - Kent House - Beckenham Junction - Bromley South - Orpington - Chislehurst - Grove Park - Slade Green - Woolwich arsenal - Charlton - London Bridge - London Cannon Street

The Ulster Express (UK Railtours)

The Shap Mountaineer (Vintage Trains)

  • 37240 or 47773 Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Preston (pu) - Carnforth
  • 5043 or 7029 Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • 5043 or 7029 Carlisle - Appleby - S&C - Hellifield
  • 37240 or 47773 Hellifield - Blackburn (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham New Street

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

Lune Rivers Trust (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Steam Carnforth (pu) - Oxenholme - Penrith North Lakes - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Carlisle - Appleby - Ribblehead - Hellifield
  • WCRC Diesel Hellifield - Giggleswick - Carnforth

Sunday 28th September 2025

The Royal Duchy (Railway Touring Company)

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

Boulby Mine Shuttles (Saltburn Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Middlesbrough (pu) - Saltburn - Boulby Mine (rev) & return (twice)

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



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Monday 29th September 2025

The Golden Arrow (Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Tilehurst (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - West London
  • LSL Steam Pool West London - Dover - West London
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) West London - Maidenhead (sd) - Tilehurst (sd) - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Swindon (sd) - Kemble (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Stonehouse (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill

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

Tuesday 30th September 2025

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

Wednesday 1st October 2025

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond)

Settle & Carlisle & Coastal Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Wolverhampton (pu) - Codsall (pu) - Telford Central (pu) - Wellington (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Gobowen (pu) - Chirk (pu) - Rueben (pu) - Wrexham General (pu) - Chester (pu) - S&C - Carlisle
  • Midland Pullman HST Carlisle (pu) - Cumbrian Coast Line - Carnforth - Chester (sd) - wrexham General (sd) - Rueben (sd) - Chirk (sd) - Gobowen (sd) - Shrewsbury (sd) - Wellington (sd) - Telford Central (sd) - Codsall (sd) - Wolverhampton

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

Thursday 2nd October 2025

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

Friday 3rd October 2025

Burghley House & Stamford (Belmond)

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

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

Saturday 4th October 2025

The Railway 200 Special (Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London King';s Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - York
  • Carnforth Steam Pool York (pu) - Darlington - Shildon - Bishop Auckland - Weardale Railway - Stanhope
  • WCRC Class 47/57 Stanhope - Weardale Railway - Bishops Auckland - Sheldon (pu) - Darlington
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Darlington - Durham - Newcastle upon Tyne Bridges - Durham - Ferryhill Junction - Stockton - Eaglescliffe - Yarm - Northallerton - York
  • 86259 York - Peterboorugh (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross

The Border City (Settle Carlisle Railway Development Company)

  • 34067 Bradford Forster Square (pu) - Keighley (pu) - Skipton (pu) - Hellifield - S&C - Appleby (sd) - Carlisle
  • 34067 Carlisle - Appleby (pu) - S&C - Hellifield
  • WCRC Diesel Hellifield - Skipton (sd) - Keighley (sd) - Bradford Forster Square

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

Sunday 5th October 2025

The Great British Sunday Lunch (Belmond)

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



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Monday 6th October 2025

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

Tuesday 7th October 2025

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

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Historic Oxford & Blenheim Palace (Belmond)

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

Snowdonia Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Thirsk (pu) - York (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Mirfield (pu) - Hebden Bridge (pu) - Todmorden (pu) - Rochdale (pu) - Betis-y-Coed (sd) - Blaenau Ffestiniog (break/rev) & return

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

Thursday 9th October 2025

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

Friday 10th October 2025

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Nunhead - Swanley - Sole Street - Gillingham - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Herne Hill - London Victoria

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

Saturday 11th October 2025

Historic Bath (Belmond)

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

The Shakespearean (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Eastleigh (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Romsey (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Chippenham (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Oxford
  • Steam tba Oxford (pu) - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Stratford-upoon-Avon
  • Steam tba Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Tyseley - WCML - Bletchley - Varsity Line - Oxford
  • Diesel tba Oxford (sd) - swindon (sd) - Chippenham (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Salisbury (sd) - Romsey (sd) - Southampton Central (sd) - Eastleigh

The Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)

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

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

Sunday 12th October 2025

The Great British Sunday Lunch (Belmond)

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



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Monday 13th October 2025

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

Tuesday 14th October 2025

Cornish Riviera Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Dorridge (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Chippenham (pu) - Melksham (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Truro (sd) - St Erth (sd) - Penzance (break/rev) & return

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

Wednesday 15th October 2025

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

Thursday 16th October 2025

Chatsworth House (Belmond)

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

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

Friday 17th October 2025

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

Saturday 18th October 2025

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special (Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Coventry (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Preston - Carnforth
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carnforth - Shap - Carlisle
  • WCRC Steam Pool Carlisle - S&C - Hellifield - Preston (sd)
  • WCRC Class 57 Preston - Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Wolverhampton (sd) - Birmingham International (sd) - Coventry

The Illuminating Brush (SRPS Railtours)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Glasgow Central (pu) - Kilmarnock (pu) - Dumfries (pu) - Carlisle (pu) - Blackpool North (break/rev) & return

The Cathedrals Express To Newcastle (Vintage Trains)

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

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

Sunday 19th October 2025

The Peak Forester (Railway Touring Company)

  •   London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Duffierld (sd) - Matlock (sd) - Rowsley(Peak Rail) (break/rev) & return
Postponed

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



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Monday 20th October 2025

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

Tuesday 21st October 2025

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

Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Historic Bath (Belmond)

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

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

Thursday 23rd October 2025

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

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Nunhead - Swanley - Sole Street - Gillingham - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Herne Hill - London Victoria

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

Friday 24th October 2025

West Highland Pullman: Day 1 (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Eastleigh (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Roimsey (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Warminster (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Bradford-on-Avon (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Fort William

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

Saturday 25th October 2025

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special (Northern Belle)

The Varsity Explorer (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Steam Slough (pu) - Reading (pu) - Oxford Parkway (pu) - Bicester Village (pu) - Bletchley - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Trent valley Line - Crewe - Chester
  • WCRC DIesel Chester (pu) - Crewe - Trent Valley Line - Rugby (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Bletchley - Bicester Village (sd) - Oxford Parkway (sd) - Reading (sd) - Slough

The Brick & Tile Mini Tour (UK Railtours)

The Brick & Tile (UK Railtours)

  • 50008 and Class 50 tba Finsbury Park (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - St Neots (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Newark North Gate (pu) - Saxilby - Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal
  • 50008 and Class 50 tba and Class 37 tnt Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal - Doncaster (pu) - Scunthorpe - Cleethorpes
  • Class 37 and 50008 and Class 50 tba tnt Cleethorpes - Scunthorpe - Stainforth Junction - Selby Canal Goods Curve - Doncaster (sd) - Doncaster Royal Mail Terminal
  • 50008 and Class 50 tba Doncaster Royal Mail terminal - Newark North Gate (sd) - Peterborough (sd) - St Neots (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - Finsbury Park

Sunday 26th October 2025

The Great British Sunday Lunch (Belmond)

West Highland Pullman: Day 3 (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Fort William (pu) - Cam & Dursley (sd) - Bristol Parkway (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bradford-on-Avon (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Warminster (sd) - Salisbury (sd) - Romsey (sd) - Southampton Central (sd) - Eastleigh

The Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)

  • 5043 or 7029 Derby (pu) - Burton upon Trent (pu) - Tamworth High Level (pu) - Coleshill Parkway (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 5043 or 7029 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Shirley - Birmingham Snow Hill & return
  • 5043 or 7029 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (sd) - Stratford-upon -Avon
  • 5043 or 7029 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Shirley - Tyseley - Coleshill Parkway (sd) - Tamworth High level (sd) - Burton upon Trent (sd) - Derby


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Monday 27th October 2025

The Muncaster Express Ghost Train (West Coast Railtours)

  • WCRC Diesel Manchester (pu) - Preston (pu) - Lancaster (pu) - Carnforth (pu) - Ulverston to Ravenglass and return

Wednesday 29th October 2025

Highclere Castle & Bombay Sapphire Distillery (Belmond)

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria - Newbury - Andover (break) & return

The Muncaster Express Ghost Train (West Coast Railtours)

  • WCRC Diesel Penrith North Lakes (pu) - Carlisle (pu/rev) - Workington (pu) - Ravenglass and return

Friday 31st October 2025

A Moving Murder Mystery (Belmond)

Oxford & Blenheim Palace (North East Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 57 Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Oxford (break/rev) & return

Saturday 1st November 2025

The Chiltern Explorer (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Steam Manchester Piccadilly (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Bletchley - Bicester Village - Oxford Parkway - Oxford (sd) - Reading
  • WCRC Diesel Reading (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Oxford Parkway - Bicester Village - Bletchley - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Wilmslow (sd) - Stockport (sd) - Manchester Piccadilly

The Peak Settler (SRPS Railtours)

  • 45118 Edinburgh - S&C - Leeds (break/rev) & return
Provisional

Farewell To Steam Special (Vintage Trains)

Additional Tour Information

Vintage Trains say that this will be 7029 Clun Castle's last main line working prior to withdrawal for overhaul.

Added 16:57 on Tuesday 29th July 2025

Saturday 8th November 2025

The Exe-Parrett (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Dorridge (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Bromsgrove (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - stroud (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Swindon
  • Steam tba Swindon (pu) - Westbury - Yeovil Junction - Honiton - Exeter Central
  • Steam tba Exeter St Davids (pu) - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads - Swindon
  • Diesel tba Swindon (sd) - Kemble (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcestershire Parkway (sd) - Bromsgrove (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Dorridge

Sunday 9th November 2025

The Shakespeare Express (Vintage Trains)

  • 5043 or 7029 or 45596 Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Droitwich Spa (pu) - Stourbridge Junction (pu) - Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Hatton
  • Diesel tba Hatton - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 5043 or 7029 or 45596 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill
  • 5043 or 7029 or 45596 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 5043 or 7029 or 45596 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill (sd) - Stourbridge Junction (sd) - Droitwich Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill

Saturday 15th November 2025

The Portsmouth Pullman (UK Railtours)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Tooting - Wimbledon - Woking - Basingstoke - Eastleigh - Fareham - Havant (rev) - Portsmouth Harbour
  • 35028 Portsmouth Harbour (pu) - Chichester - Hove - London Victoria

Blackpool Illumination Explorer (Vintage Trains)

  • 37240 tbc Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Blackpool North (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 19th November 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman 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 21st November 2025

East Anglia To York Christmas Market (Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Diesel Colchester North (pu) - Ipswich (pu) - Bury St Edmunds (pu) - Ely (pu) - Peterborough (pu) -
  • 60007 Peterborough - tba - York
  • 60007 York -tba - Peterborough
  • LSL Diesel Peterborough (sd) - Ely (sd) - Bury St Edmunds (sd) - Ipswich (sd) - Colchester North

Saturday 22nd November 2025

The Chester Christmas Explorer (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 37 (Pair) Oxford Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Lydney (pu) - Chepstow (pu) - Welsh Marches Line - Shrewsbury (sd) - Chester (break/rev) & returo

The Chester Christmas Explorer Mini-Tour (Pathfinder Railtours)

  • WCRC Class 37 (Pair) Chester (pu) - Frodsham - warrington Bank Quay - Eccles - Manchester Victoria - Miles Plattin - Rochdale - Copy Pit - Blackburn - Warrington Bank Quay - Frodsham - Chester -


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Monday 24th November 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Swindon (pu) - Kemble (pu) - Stroud (pu) - Stonehouse (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Bromsgrove (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 26th November 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Oxford (pu) - Banbury (pu) - Leamington Spa (pu) - Warwick Parkway (pu) - Dorridge (pu) - Solihull (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

The Manchester Christmas Explorer (Vintage Trains)

  • TBA Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Manchester Piccadilly (break/rev) & return

Thursday 27th November 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Market: Day 1 (Steam Dreams)

Friday 28th November 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Cardiff central (pu) - Newport (pu) - Cwmbran (pu) - Abergavenny (pu) - Hereford (pu) - Leominster (pu) - Ludlow (pu) - Craven Arms (pu) - Church Stetton (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Saturday 29th November 2025

Forth Bridge Lunchtime Tour (Steam Dreams)

  • 50532 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Forth Bridge - Kirkcaldy - Dunfermline - Alloa - Stirling - Edinburgh Waverley

Sunday 30th November 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Market: Day 4 (Steam Dreams)



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Monday 1st December 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - frodsham (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 3rd December 2025

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

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

Saturday 6th December 2025

Festive Capital Thunderer (Excursions By Rail) (To Be Confirmed)

  • 50008 Hexham (pu) - Stocksfield (pu) - Prudhoe (pu) - Wylam (pu) - Blaydon (pu) - Newcastle upon Tyne (pu) - Chester-le-Stree (pu) - Durham (pu) - Darlington (pu) - Northallerton (pu) - Thirsk (pu) - York (pu) - London King's Cross (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 9th December 2025

Bath Christmas Market (Steam Dreams)

  • 71000 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Haslemere (pu) - Petersfield (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return

Saturday 13th December 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Market (Saltburn Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Saltburn (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return


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Monday 15th December 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level (pu) - Stoke-on-Trent (pu) - Congleton (pu) - Macclesfield (pu) - Poynton (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 16th December 2025

The Festive Steam Spectacular (Morning & Evening Trains) (SRPS Railtours)

Provisional

Wednesday 17th December 2025

Oxford Or Bicester Village (Steam Dreams)

  • LSL Diesel Southend Central (pu) - Leigh- on-Sea (pu) - Barking (pu) - Stratford (pu) - West London
  • 71000 West London - Bicester Village (sd) - Oxford
  • 71000 Oxford (pu) - Bicester Village (pu) - West London
  • LSL Diesel West London - Stratford (sd) - Barking (sd) - Leigh-on-Sea (sd) - Southend Central

Thursday 18th December 2025

The Festive Steam Spectacular (Morning & Evening Trains) (SRPS Railtours)

Provisional

Friday 19th December 2025

Edinburgh Christmas Pullman (Midland Pullman)

  • Midland Pullman HST Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Letchworth Garden City (pu) - Royston (pu) - Cambridge (pu) - Ely (pu) - March (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Newark North Gate (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return

Friday 17th July 2026

British Pullman: Golden Age Of Steam (Belmond)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Brixton - Nunhead - Swanley - Sole Street - Gillingham - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Herne Hill - London Victoria

Saturday 18th July 2026

Great British Seaside: Broadstairs (To Be Confirmed)

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

Friday 24th July 2026

A Moving Murder Mystery (To Be Confirmed)

Friday 31st July 2026

Historic Bath (To Be Confirmed)

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


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