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September 07, 2013

International & UK Railway News Saturday 7th September 2013




Photo: The Bernina Railway in Switzerland, dropping from the snowy alps to the palm trees of Tirano in Italy....
The Bernina Railway in Switzerland, dropping from the snowy alps to the palm
trees of Tirano in Italy....



Railway Herald - Railtours

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Monday 9th September 2013

Canterbury & Kent Explorer (Compass Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Holyhead (pu) - Llanfairpwll (pu) - Bangor (pu) - Llandudno Junction (pu) - Colwyn Bay (pu) - Rhyl (pu) - Flint (pu) - Chester (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Lichfield Trent Valley (pu) - Tamworth Low Level (pu) - Watford Junction - Kensington Olympia (sd) - Canterbury West (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Tuesday 10th September 2013

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

  • 60163 London Victoria (pu) - Oxted - East Grinstead - Horsted Keynes - Sheffield Park (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Wednesday 11th September 2013

The Settle & Carlisle Express (in Conjunction With Mid-Cheshire Rail Users Association) (Compass Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Hooton (pu) - Chester (pu) - Mouldsworth (pu) - Cuddington (pu) - Greenbank (pu) - Northwich (pu) - Plumley (pu) - Knutsford (pu) - Mobberley (pu) - Hale (pu) - Altricham (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Reddish South (pu) - Blackburn - Hellifield - S&C - Carlisle
  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Carlisle - Workington - Ravenglass - Ulvertson - Grange over Sands - Carnforth - preston - reddish South (sd) - Stockport (sd) - Altrincham (sd) - Hale (sd) - Mobberley (sd) - Knutsford (sd) - Plumley (sd) - Northwich (sd) - Greenbank (sd) - Cuddington (sd) - Mouldsworth (sd) - Chester (sd) - Hooton

The Dorset Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • tbc London Victoria (pu) - Barnes - Staines (pu) - Woking (pu) - Basingstoke (pu) - Eastleigh - Southamptonb Central - Bournemouth (sd) - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth
  • To be confirmed Weymouth - Dorchester South - (steam banker from Weymouth to Dorchester South)
  • 34046 Dorchester South - Wareham - Poole Bournemouth (pu) - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Basingstoke (sd) - Woking (sd) - Staines (sd) - Barnes - London Waterloo

Downton Abbey & Bath Spa Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Class 47 & 57 Lancaster (pu) - Preston (pu) - Wigan North Western (pu) - Warrington Bank Quay (pu) - Crewe (pu) - Whitchurch (pu) - Shrewsbury (pu) - Wellington (pu) - Telford central (pu) - Wolverhampton (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Birmingham International (pu) - Coventry (pu) - Oxford - Didcot - Reading West Junction - Newbury (sd) - Bath Spa (sd) - Bristol Temple Meads (break/rev) & return

The North Yorkshire Moors And Heartbeat Tour (UK Railtours)

  • DBS tbc Finsbury Park (pu) - Cuffley (pu) - Hertford North (pu) - Stevenage (pu) - Peterborough - Grantham - Doncaster - York - Malton (sd) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

The British Pullman (VSOE)

  • 35028 London Victoria (pu) - Salibury (sd) - Bath Spa & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Thursday 12th September 2013

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

  • steam tbc Ipswich (pu) - Colchester (pu) - Shenfield (pu) - Kensington Olympia (pu) - Bromley South (pu) - Canterbury West (break) & return
Cancelled

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

The Channel Coast To Hastings (West Coast Railway Company)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Skegness (pu) - Wainfleet (pu) - Heckington (pu) - Boston (pu) - Sleaford (pu) - Grantham (pu) - Peterborough - Stevengae - Potters Bar - Finsbury Park - Hastings (break/rev) & return

Friday 13th September 2013

The Scarborough Flyer (Railway Touring Company)

  • 46233 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Denton - Rochdale (pu) - Hebden Bridge - Brighouse (pu) - Wakefield Kirkgate (pu) - York (sd) - Scarborough (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Saturday 14th September 2013

The West Highlander (Compass Tours)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) North Berwick (pu) - longniddry (pu) - Musselburgh (pu) - Edinburgh Waverley (pu) - Uphall (pu) - Livingston North (pu) - Bathgate (pu) - Airdrie (pu) - Coatbridge Sunnyside (pu) - Westerton (pu) - Helensburgh Upper - Crianlarich - Rannoch - Fort William (break/rev) & return

The Cumbrian Mountain Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 60009 Crewe (pu) - Wilmslow (pu) - Stockport (pu) - Manchester Victoria (pu) - Bolton (pu) - Blackburn (pu) - Hel;lifield - S&C - Carllisle (break/rev) - Carlisle - Penrith - Shap - Preston (sd) - Bolton (sd) - Manchester Victoria (sd) - Stockport (sd) - Wilmslow (sd) - Crewe

The Devonian (re-dated From 15 June) (Railway Touring Company)

  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Birmingham International (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Worcester Shrub Hill (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Stoke Gifford
  • 4936 and 5029 Stoke Gifford - Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Taunton - Exeter St. Davids - Totnes - Plymouth (break/rev) Plymouth - Totnes - Exeter St. Davids - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads (sd) -
  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Bristol Temple Meads - Cheltenham Spa (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Barnt Green (sd) - Birmingham New Street (sd) - Birmingham International
Cancelled

Oban (SRPS Railtours)

  • 55022 Inverurie (pu) - Dyce (pu) - Aberdeen (pu) - Stonehaven (pu) - Laurencekirk (pu) - Montrose (pu) - Arbroath (pu) - Dundee (pu) - Perth (pu) - Gleneagles - Stirling - Dumbarton Central - Helensburgh Upper - Crianlarich - Oban (break/rev) & return

The Lakeland Statesman (Statesman Rail)

  • WCRC Class 47 & 57 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bristol Parkway (pu) - Yate (pu) - Cam & Dursley (pu) - Cheltenham Spa (pu) - Barnt Green (pu) - Birmingham New Street (pu) - Tame Bridge Parkway (pu) - Walsall (pu) - Cannock (pu) - Rugeley (pu) - Stafford (pu) - Crewe - Preston - carnforth - Ulverston - Ravenglass (break/rev) & return

The Cathedrals Express (Steam Dreams)

  • 60163 London Euston (pu) - Berkhampstead (pu) - Milton Keynes Central (pu) - Northampton (pu) - Kidderminster (sd) - Worcester Shrub Hill (sd) - Cheltenham Spa (break/rev) & return

Skipton & The Pennines (UK Railtours)

  • DBS Class 67 Stratford (East London) (pu) - Finsbury OPark (pu) - Potters Bar (pu) - Peterborough - Grantham - Doncaster - Leeds - Skipton (break) - Hellifield - Settle Junction - Bentham - Wennington - Carnforth - Preston - Warrington Bank Quay - hartford Junction - Northwich - Altrincham - Skelton Junction - Northenden Junction - New Mills - Hope Valley - Chesterfield - Alfreton - East Midlands Parkway - Loughborough - Melton Mowbray - Oakham - Peterborough (sd) - Stevenage (sd) - Potters Bar (sd) - London Kings Cross

Additional Tour Information

3/9: now from Stratford (East London) and Finsbury Park due to engineering work affecting Kings Cross

Added 09:59 on Tuesday 3rd September 2013

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return

Sunday 15th September 2013

The Pembroke Coast Express (Railway Touring Company)

  • 5029 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Newport (pu) - Cardiff Central (pu) - Port Talbot - Briton Ferry - Swansea District Line - Llanelli - Carmarthen -
  • WCRC Class 47 (Pair) Carmarthen - Whitland - Tenby - Pembroke Dock
  • 5029 Pembroke Dock - Tenby - Whitland - Carmarthen Avoiding Line - Llanelli - Cockett Bank - Neath - Briton Ferry - Port Talbot - Cardiff Central - Newport - Bristol Temple Meads

The Torbay Express (Torbay Express Ltd)

  • 34046 Bristol Temple Meads (pu) - Bath Spa (pu) - Trowbridge (pu) - Westbury (pu) - Castle Cary - Taunton (pu) - Exeter St. Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignton (sd) - Kingswear (break/rev) & return

The Jacobite (West Coast Railway Company)

  • To be confirmed Fort William - Glenfinnan (break) - Arisaig - Mallaig (break/rev) & return
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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