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 2nd December 2024


(Operating on 3rd December 2024 by Private Charter)

  • 46100 tbc London Victoria - Brixton - Bromley South - Swanley - Gillingham - Faversham - Canterbury East - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford International - Paddock Wood - East Croydon - Clapham Junction - London Victoria
New Charter


(Operating on 2nd December 2024 by Positioning Movement)

  • 46100 Crewe H.S. - Southall LSL
New Charter


(Operating on 4th December 2014 by Empty Stock Movement)

New Charter


(Operating on 4th December 2024 by Empty Stock Movement)

New Charter

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 14th December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 15th December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 16th December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 23rd December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 20th December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 30th November 2024

Bath Christmas Market
(Operating on 30th November 2024 by Steam Dreams)

  • 70000 and 57311 tnt London Victoria (pu) - Leatherhead (pu) - Effingham Junction (pu) - Clandon (pu) - Guildford (pu) - Haslemere (pu) - Petersfield (pu) - Bath Spa (break/rev) & return
  • 70000 and 57311 tnt Bath Spa (pu) - Salisbury
  • 57311 ? Salisbury - Petersfield (sd) - Haslemere (sd) - Guildford (sd) - Clandon (sd) - Effingham Junction (sd) - Leatherhead (sd) - Epsom (sd) - Cream (sd) - London Victoria
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 28th November 2024

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 30th November 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 1st December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 7th December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Birmingham Polar Express
(Operating on 8th December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
New Charter

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 29th November 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 30th November 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 6th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 7th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 13th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 14th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 20th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 21st December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 23rd December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (five times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 1st December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (four times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 8th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (four times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 15th December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (four times)
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Polar Express
(Operating on 22nd December 2024 by PNP Events)

  • WCRC Steam Edinburgh Waverley - Edinburgh Waverley (four times)
Tour Updated

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

  • 34046 and 57311 tnt London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Lincoln - Doncaster - York (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 27th November 2024

Bombay Sapphire Distillery
(Operating on 27th November 2024 by Belmond (British Pullman))

Tour Updated

The Cardiff Christmas Market Express
(Operating on 27th November 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 44871 London Victoria (pu) - Staines (pu) - Ascot (pu) - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Severn Tunnel - Cardiff Central (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

The Christmas White Rose To York Christmas Market
(Operating on 27th November 2024 by Vintage Trains)

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

The Manchester Christmas Marketeer
(Operating on 7th December 2024 by 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
Cancelled

The Thames Valley Christmas Cracker
(Operating on 21st December 2024 by 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
Cancelled

Tours added or updated on 26th November 2024

The Chester Christmas Whistler
(Operating on 30th November 2024 by 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 Spa (sd) - Banbury (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Seindon (sd) - Kemble (sd) - Stroud (sd) - Gloucester
Cancelled

The Lincoln Christmas Express
(Operating on 7th December 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47 London King's Cross (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Spalding - Lincoln
  • WCRC Class 47 Lincoln (pu) - Newark North Gate - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London King's Cross
Tour Updated

The Polar Express
(Operating on 22nd December 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 23rd November 2024

The Christmas Cheshireman
(Operating on 23rd November 2024 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 44871 London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton - Chester
  • 44871 Chester (pu) - Crewe - Stafford - Trent Valley Line - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 47 Rugby - Northampton (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 22nd November 2024

Edinburgh & Royal Yacht Britannia
(Operating on 23rd November 2024 by Northern Belle)

  • WCRC Class 57 Burton-upon-Trent (pu) - Derby (pu) - Sheffield (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return
New Charter

The Edinburgh Festive Explorer
(Operating on 23rd November 2024 by Pathfinder Railtours)

  • Diesel tba Gloucester (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Worcestershire Parkway (pu) - Bromsgrove (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
  • 86259 and WCRC 47 Crewe - Preston - Carlisle - Beattock - Carstairs - Edinburgh Waverley (sd)
  • 86259 and WCRC 47 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
Tour Updated

The Polar Express
(Operating on 24th November 2024 by Vintage Trains)

Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 20th November 2024


(Operating on 21st November 2024 by Positioning Movement)

  • 45596 Tyseley - Water Orton - Nuneaton - Leicester - Melton Mowbray - Peterborough - Orton Mere
New Charter

The Capital Tractors - Outward Positioning Tour
(Operating on 13th December 2024 by UK Railtours)

  • EPR Class 37 Preston (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Trent Valley Line - Nuneaton (pu) - Leicester - Melton Mowbray - Peterborough - Stevenage
Tour Updated

The Capital Tractors - Return Postioning Tour
(Operating on 15th December 2024 by UK Railtours)

  • EPR Class 37 Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough - Melton Mowbray - Leicester - Nuneaton (sd) (pu) - Water Orton - Sutton Park Line - Walsall - Penkridge - Stafford (sd) - Crewe (sd) - Preston
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 19th November 2024

The Blackpool Steam Express
(Operating on 22nd March 2025 by 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
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Crewe - Preston - Blackpool North
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Blackpool North (pu) - Preston - Wigan North Western - Manchester Piccadilly - Wilmslow - Crewe
  • 86259 Crewe - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (by service train from Rugby) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
New Charter

The Cheshireman
(Operating on 15th March 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton - Chester (break/rev) & return
New Charter

The Christmas White Rose
(Operating on 23rd November 2024 by Saphos Trains)

  • 57311 and LSL Class 47/57 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) -
  • 61306 Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Hope valley - Sheffield - York
  • 61306 York (pu) - Calder Valley - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) -
  • LSL Class 47/57 and 57311 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
Tour Updated

The Christmas White Rose
(Operating on 20th November 2024 by Saphos Trains)

  • 87002 and Diesel tba Rugby (pu) - Nuneaton (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Rugeley Trent Valley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) -
  • 60532 Crewe - Hope Valley - York
  • 60532 York - Calder Valley - Crewe
  • 87002 and Diesel tba Crewe (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Rugeley Trent Valley (sd) - Lichfield Trent Valley (sd) - Tamworth Low Level (sd) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby
Tour Updated

The Edinburgh Flyer
(Operating on 29th March 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

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

The Seven Counties Rambler
(Operating on 8th March 2025 by SRPS Railtours)

New Charter

The Sussex Belle
(Operating on 16th April 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

New Charter

The Whitby Flyer
(Operating on 19th March 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 86259 London King's Cross (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Huntingdon (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Yorkoss
  • Carnforth Steam Pool York - Northallerton - Middlesbrough - Whitby
  • Carnforth Steam Pool Whitby - Middlesbrough - Northallerton - York
  • 86259 York - Peterborough (sd) - Huntingdon (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - London King's Cross
New Charter

The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express
(Operating on 29th March 2025 by 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) - Nuneaton (sd) - Rugby (sd) - Northampton (by service train from Rugby) (sd) - Milton Keynes Central (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
New Charter

The Worcester Steam Express
(Operating on 8th April 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

New Charter

The Yorkshireman
(Operating on 12th April 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

  • Carnforth Steam Pool London Euston (pu) - Watford Junction (pu) - Bletchley (pu) - Bedford (pu) - Kettering (pu) - Melton Mowbray (pu) - Erewash Valley - Rotherham - Doncaster - York
  • WCRC Class 47/57 York - Melton Mowbray (sd) - Kettering (sd) - Bedford (sd) - Bletchley (sd) - Watford Junction (sd) - London Euston
New Charter

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