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  • Railway Retreats offer ‘ultimate’ heritage railway staycations

    Railway Retreats offer ‘ultimate’ heritage railway staycations

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    Railway Retreats offer a unique range of sympathetically conserved and adapted carriages and wagons for the ultimate in heritage railway staycations for all ages.

  • The Railway Touring Company special offers to celebrate 25 years

    The Railway Touring Company special offers to celebrate 25 years

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    For 2022, its 25th year, the touring company are offering over 20 European and more than 20 UK rail-based holidays in the programme.

  • Scraping the Steam Barrel with FarRail

    Scraping the Steam Barrel with FarRail

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    Although the company operate tours to diesel-operated railways, the focus of FarRail is based on creating authentic looking steam trains worldwide.

  • Discover Yorkshire with Yorkshire by Steam excursions

    Discover Yorkshire with Yorkshire by Steam excursions

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    With plenty of included excursions, you’ll soak up wild and rugged moorlands, beautiful stretches of coastline, picturesque villages and undulating valleys as well as ancient cities brimming with Viking and Roman heritage.

  • Getting back on the touring train with Ffestiniog Travel

    Getting back on the touring train with Ffestiniog Travel

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    As the world opens up again after the pandemic, rail tour specialist Ffestiniog Travel is seeing a renewed sense of optimism and travel confidence among its customers as holiday horizons and hopes now seem possible.

  • Darjeeling Tours back in action for the holiday season

    Darjeeling Tours back in action for the holiday season

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    Darjeeling Tours is (very) pleased to announce that it is back in action for the forthcoming holiday season. 

  • Launch of major appeal to restore SVR’s vital locomotive yard

    Launch of major appeal to restore SVR’s vital locomotive yard

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    The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) has launched a major appeal for £500,000 to restore its locomotive yard in Bridgnorth – vital for the operation of the entire railway.

  • Pathfinder cancels Mazey Day special

    Pathfinder cancels Mazey Day special

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    PATHFINDER Tours’ annual ‘Mazey Day Cornishman’ special from Solihull to Penzance via Oxford on June 25 has been cancelled. The tour operator made the decision today (May 27) to pull the train from its schedules due to the uncertainty around possible national rail strike during June. Only a few days before the decision, 40,000 RMT union members voted overwhelmingly…

  • Get involved with Yorkshire Wolds Railway’s Jubilee weekend

    Get involved with Yorkshire Wolds Railway’s Jubilee weekend

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    The Yorkshire Wolds Railway (YWR) is preparing to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by opening every day over the Bank Holiday weekend.

  • Royals on Rails at the National Railway Museum to mark the Platinum Jubilee

    Royals on Rails at the National Railway Museum to mark the Platinum Jubilee

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    The National Railway Museum is inviting visitors to share in the luxury of royal travel with a season of royal-themed activities and a new exhibition to coincide with Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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