Return of the ‘Golden Arrow’

MARCH 4 sees the first of two‘Golden Arrows.’ The first starts at Birmingham International at 6.20am returning at 11.15pm, picking up at Coventry, Rugby, Long Buckby, Northampton, Milton Keynes Central, Leighton Buzzard, Hemel Hempstead and Watford Junction for a run to Canterbury and a break of three hours.

The second is on April 1, this time from Bristol Temple Meads at 6am, picking up at Keynsham, Bath Spa, Bradford-on-Avon, Trowbridge, Pewsey, Hungerford, Newbury, Reading and Maidenhead, again to Canterbury for a break. The return to Bristol is at 11.10pm.

Steam takes over on both trains in West London in the appropriate guise of Braunton or Britannia; both classes are no stranger to this train. Part of the original route is followed through Kent. From Canterbury the train runs along the south coast via Dover and the Folkstone Warren.

The rest of the year continues with a variety of routes and destinations. Regulars such as the ‘Fellsman,’ ‘Lakelander,’‘Welsh Marches’ and the English Riviera are in the programme.

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