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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 30th August 2025


(Operating on 3rd September 2025 by Positioning Movement)

  • 34028 Swanage - Southall
Tour Updated


(Operating on 5th September 2025 by Positioning Movement)

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

English Riviera Express
(Operating on 30th August 2025 by Saphos Trains)

  • 57002 and 47593 tnt Bedford (pu) - Luton (pu) - St Albans City (pu) - Slough (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Reading (pu) - Taunton
  • 34046 and 47593 tnt Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Paignton - Kingswear
  • 34046 and 47593 tnt Kingswear (pu) - Paignton - Exeter St Davids - Norton Fitzwarren
  • 57002 and 47593 tnt Norton Fitzwarren - Taunton - Reading (sd) -Maidenhead (sd) - Slough (sd) - St Albans City (sd) - Luton (sd) - Bedford
Tour Updated

Settle & Carlisle Steam Special
(Operating on 30th August 2025 by Northern Belle)

Tour Updated

The Retro Norfolk Broadsman
(Operating on 30th August 2025 by Retro Railtours)

  • 43159 and 43060 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Reddish South (pu) - Denton (pu) - Stalkybridge (pu) - Brighouse (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Norwich (sd) - Great Yarmouth (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 29th August 2025

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 1
(Operating on 29th August 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 2
(Operating on 30th August 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 3
(Operating on 31st August 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 4
(Operating on 1st September 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 5
(Operating on 2nd September 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 6
(Operating on 3rd September 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Cornwall & Wales Day 7
(Operating on 4th September 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Settle & Carlisle Fellsman
(Operating on 3rd September 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 28th August 2025

Dorset Coast Express
(Operating on 18th September 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

Cancelled

The Royal Duchy
(Operating on 31st August 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

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

Tours added or updated on 27th August 2025

The Swanage Belle
(Operating on 10th September 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 26th August 2025

Railway 200: Network South East Day Charter
(Operating on 27th September 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 25th August 2025

Welsh Marches Express
(Operating on 27th August 2025 by Saphos Trains)

  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Bournemouth (pu) - Brockenhurst (pu) - Southampton Central (pu) - Eastleigh (pu) - Salisbury (pu) - Warminster (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Bristol Temple Meads
  • 34046 Bristol Temple Meads - Abergavenny - Hereford - Shrewsbury
  • 34046 Shrewsbury (pu) - Hereford - Abergavenny - Bristol Temple Meads
  • LSL Class 47 (Pair) Bristol Temple Meads (sd) - Westbury (sd) - Warminster (sd) - Salisbury (sd) - Eastleigh (sd) - Southampton Central (sd) - Brockenhurst (sd) - Bournemouth
Tour Updated

Western Wanderer
(Operating on 25th August 2025 by Inter-City)

  • D213 and 45118 tnt Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Aston - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Selly Oak - Bromsgrove - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester
  • 45118 and D213 tnt Gloucester - Cam & Dursley - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads
  • D213 and 45118 tnt Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Cam & Dursley - Gloucester - (D213) Chepstow - Cardiff Central
  • 45118 and D213 tnt Cardiff Central - Severn Tunnel - Bristol Temple Meads
  • D1015 and 45118 tnt Bristol Temple Meads -Bath Spa - Berks & Hants Line - Reading West - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Kemble - Gloucester
  • 45118 and D213 tnt Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa - Bromsgrove - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Stafford (sd) - Crewe
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 24th August 2025

The Shakespeare Express
(Operating on 24th August 2025 by Vintage Trains)

  • 7029 and 37240 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Stratford-upon-Avon
  • 7029 and 37240 Stratford-upon-Avon - Henley in Arden - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham- Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill
  • 7029 and 37240 Birmingham Snow Hill (pu) - Birmingham Moor Street (pu) - Tyseley (pu) - Henley in Arden (sd) - Stratford-upon -Avon
  • 7029 and 37240 Stratford-upon-Avon (pu) - Claverdon - Dorridge - Tyseley (sd) - Birmingham Moor Street (sd) - Birmingham Snow Hill
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 23rd August 2025

British Pullman: Historic York
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by Belmond)

Tour Updated

Edinburgh: Royal Yacht Britannia & Fringe Festival
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by Northern Belle)

  • 57315 and 57313 tnt Huddersfield (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - Leeds (pu) - York (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

English Riviera Express
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by Saphos Trains)

  • 47593 and 47805 tnt Slough (pu) - Maidenhead (pu) - Reading (pu) - Newbury (pu) - Hungerford (pu) - Pewsey (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Taunton
  • 5029 and 47805 tnt Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Paignton - Kingswear
  • 5029 and 47805 tnt Kingswear (pu) - Paignton - Exeter St Davids - Norton Fitzwarren
  • 47593 and 47805 tnt Norton Fitzwarren - Taunton - Westbury (sd) - Pewsey (sd) - Hungerford (sd) - Newbury (sd) - Reading (sd) - Maidenhead (sd) - Slough
Tour Updated

The Cotswold Venturer
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

  • 35028 and 47812 London Victoria (pu) - Staines - Reading (pu) - Didcot Parkway (pu) - Swindon - Kemble - Gloucester
  • 47812 Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (break/rev) & return
  • 47812 Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa - Gloucester
  • 35028 and 47812 Gloucester - Stroud - Swindon - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Reading (sd) - Staines - London Victoria
Tour Updated

The Cumbrian Mountain Express
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by Railway Touring Company)

Tour Updated

The Jacobite (Afternoon Train)
(Operating on 24th August 2025 by West Coast Railway Company)

Tour Updated

The Jacobite (morning Train)
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by West Coast Railway Company)

Tour Updated

The Jacobite (morning Train)
(Operating on 24th August 2025 by West Coast Railway Company)

Tour Updated

The Kent Conundrum
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by UK Railtours)

  • 50008 and 50049 and LT 4TC set Princes Risborough (pu) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (pu) - Oxford (pu) - Didcot parkway (pu) - Reading (pu) - Kensington Olympia (pu) - Bromley North - Margate - Ramsgate (rev) - Margate (break) - Sittingbourne - Sheerness on Sea (rev) - Strood - Paddock Wood - Bat & Ball - London Blackfriars (rev) - Clapham Junction (sd) - Richmond - Staines - Reading (sd) - Didcot Parkway (sd) - Oxford (sd) - Haddenham & Thame Parkway (sd) - Princes Risborough
Tour Updated

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Waverley Weekender: Day 2
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by UK Railtours)

  • 47245 and 47802 Dumbarton Central (pu) - Forth Bridge - Dalgety Bay - Dunfermline (sd) - Forth Bridge - Edinburgh Waverley
  • 47245 and 47802 Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Bathgate - Coatbridge - Dumbarton Central
Tour Updated

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Waverley Weekender: Day3
(Operating on 24th August 2025 by UK Railtours)

Tour Updated

The Welsh Highland Explorer
(Operating on 27th August 2025 by Vintage Trains)

  • 37240 Dorridge (pu) - Widney Manor (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Llandudno Junction (sd) - Bangor (sd) - Holyhead (break/rev) & return
Postponed

Tours added or updated on 22nd August 2025

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo & Waverley Weekender: Day 1
(Operating on 22nd August 2025 by UK Railtours)

  • 47245 and 47802 London King's Cross (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough (pu) - Doncaster (pu) - Leeds - Skipton (break) - S&C - Carlisle - Dumfries - G&SW - Kilmarnock - Dumbarton Central
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 21st August 2025

Edinburgh - Royal Yacht Britannia & Fringe Festival
(Operating on 21st August 2025 by Northern Belle)

  • 57313 and 57315 tnt Liverpool Lime Street (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Preston (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley
Tour Updated

The Spirit Of Summer Lunch
(Operating on 21st August 2025 by Steam Dreams)

Tour Updated

The Sunset Steam Express
(Operating on 21st August 2025 by Steam Dreams)

Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 20th August 2025

Private Charter : Day 4
(Operating on 25th August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

Tour Updated

Private Charter: Day 2
(Operating on 23rd August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

  • GBRf Class 66 Boat of Garten - Aviemore - Inverness Rose Street - Dingwall - Tain - Brora - Georgemas Junction
Tour Updated

Private Charter: Day 3
(Operating on 24th August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

Tour Updated

Private Charter: Day 5
(Operating on 26th August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

Tour Updated

Private Charter: Day 6
(Operating on 27th August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

  • GBRf Class 66 Dundee - Kirkcaldy - Dunfermline City - Cowdenbeath - Leven
  • GBRf Class 66 Leven - Cowdenbeath - Dunfermline City - Alloa - Stirling - Cumberland - Coatbridge Central - Paisley Gilmour Street - Ayr - Falkland DGL
Tour Updated

Private Charter: Day 7
(Operating on 28th August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

  • GBRf Class 66 Falkland DGL - Irvine - Paisley Gilmour Street - Springburn - Dumbarton Central
  • GBRf Class 66 Dumbarton Central - Springburn - Coatbridge Central - Kilmarnock -Sanquhar (rev) - Kilmarnock
Tour Updated

Private Charter: Day 8
(Operating on 29th August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

Tour Updated

Private Charter; Day 1
(Operating on 22nd August 2025 by The Royal Scotsman)

  • GBRf Class 66 Edinburgh Waverley - Kirkcaldy - Perth - Aviemore - Boat of Garten
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 19th August 2025


(Operating on 21st August 2025 by Test Run)

  • 45212 Carnforth - Settle Jn - Hellifield - Settle Jn - Carnforth
Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Day 2
(Operating on 19th August 2025 by Belmond)

  • 66748 Haverfordwest - Carmarthen Junction - Llanelli - Pantyffynnon - Llandrindod Wells - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury
  • NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Shrewsbury - Machynlleth - Barmouth - Pwllheli (rev) - Barmouth
Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Day 3
(Operating on 20th August 2025 by Belmond)

  • NR Class 97/3 (Pair) Barmouth - Machynlleth - Shrewsbury
  • 66748 Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton - Tame Bridge Parkway - Birmingham New Street - Dorridge - Banbury -Princes Risborough
Tour Updated

Britannic Explorer: Day 4
(Operating on 21st August 2025 by Belmond)

  • 66748 Princes Risborough - Bicester Village - Oxford - Didcot Parkway - Reading - Staines - Clapham Junction - London Victoria
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Golden Age Of Travel By Steam
(Operating on 7th August 2025 by Belmond)

  • 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
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Chatsworth House
(Operating on 14th August 2025 by Belmond)

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

British Pullman: Golden Age Of Steam
(Operating on 17th July 2026 by 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
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Golden Age Of Travel By Steam
(Operating on 21st August 2025 by Belmond)

  • 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
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Golden Age Of Travel By Steam
(Operating on 10th October 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Golden Age Of Travel By Steam
(Operating on 23rd October 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Great British Seaside - Broadstairs
(Operating on 9th August 2025 by Belmond)

  • DBC Class 67 London Victoria (pu) - Broadstairs (break) & return
Tour Updated

British Pullman: Historic Bath
(Operating on 20th August 2025 by Belmond)

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

British Pullman: Historic Bath
(Operating on 6th August 2025 by Belmond)

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

British Pullman: Historic Oxford & Blenheim Palace
(Operating on 22nd August 2025 by Belmond)

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

British Pullman: Moving Murder Mystery
(Operating on 8th August 2025 by Belmond)

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

British Pullman: Moving Murder Mystery
(Operating on 16th August 2025 by Belmond)

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

British Pullman: The Golden Age Of Travel By Steam
(Operating on 11th September 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

The Border City
(Operating on 4th October 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

The Dalesman
(Operating on 19th August 2025 by West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Diesel Chester (pu) - Frodsham (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Leyland (pu) - Preston (pu) - Hellifield
  • 34067 and 47826 tnt Hellifield - Ribblehead - Appleby - Carlisle
  • 34067 and 47826 tnt Carlisle - Oxenholme - Lancaster - Carnforth
  • WCRC Diesel Carnforth - Preston (sd) - Leyland (sd) - Warrington Bank Quay (sd) - Frodsham (sd) - Chester (sd)
Tour Updated

Torquay, Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway
(Operating on 19th August 2025 by Northern Belle)

  • 57313 and 57314 tnt Birmingham International (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Gloucester (pu) - Torquay (sd) - Paignton (break/rev) & return
Tour Updated

Tours added or updated on 18th August 2025

Britannic Explorer: Day 1
(Operating on 18th August 2025 by Belmond)

  • 66748 and 66722 London Victoria (pu) - Kensington Olympia - Staines - Reading - Swindon - Bristol Parkway - Severn Tunnel - Cardiff Central - Bridgend - Neath - Llanelli - Carmarthen Junction - Haverfordwest
Tour Updated

The Brick & Tile
(Operating on 25th October 2025 by 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
Tour Updated

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