Statesman and Midland Pullman announce 2023 tours

STATESMAN Rail and sister company Midland Pullman have announced their running dates for next year.

Statesman Rail promotes the luxurious experience of first class and Pullman style dining and gives a wide selection of tours throughout 2023. The majority of the tours are day excursions, such as the Settle and Carlisle Circular with six dates available, the first on January 28 followed by a second on February 18, or the Snowdonia Statesman with five dates available.

However, the Lord of the Isles offers a weekend trip to Scotland on three occasions throughout the year on March 11, August 26, and September 4.

One-off trips to Llandudno, Beamish and Durham, and Eastbourne are also advertised for special seasonal events or just as an opportunity to visit the locations.

Coastal excursions in Yorkshire and Dorset are both available on four occasions each throughout the year, before attention is turned to the Christmas period with three trips to Bath and one to Edinburgh.

For each of the tours which have multiple dates, Statesman Rail has provided a selection of starting and pickup points to cater for customers right across the country.

Midland Pullman offers tours on board its refurbished High speed Train set with luxurious interior and exterior painted in the livery of the original 1960s Blue Pullman.

As with Statesman, it offers tours with the same destination throughout the year, but with different starting and pickup points along the way.

This first of these is the ‘Settle and Carlisle Pullman’ which provides guest with two hours in Carlisle and is offered on six occasions throughout the year.

Another favourite is ‘The Whitby Jet’ on four occasions, three of which begin from Scotland and the final one of the year starts from Potters Bar.

There is a selection of other day trips on the ‘West Highland (Day) Pullman,’ the ‘North Wales Coastal Pullman,’‘Ben Nevis and Lochaber Pullman,’‘Yorkshire Coast Pullman,’ ‘English Riviera Pullman,’ and the ‘Highland Clansman Pullman;’ these vary between just two and five occasions.

The opportunity to visit Llandudno is offered on one occasion for May Bank Holiday, May 1, with the tour beginning from Bournemouth and picking up at various stations via Southampton, Salisbury and Bath Spa on route to the Welsh coast.

There are two three-day trips on offer from Midland Pullman.

The first of these is the West Highland Pullman over the West Highland Line of Scotland on March 18 from Finsbury Park, September 9 from Paignton, and October 7 from Slough.

The second is the Lord of the Isles Pullman from Paignton via Bristol to the Highland Line and Inverness on April 1.

Again, there are some Christmas offerings to Bath from Ulverston on November 30 and from Newcastle on December 4, and Edinburgh on six occasions during November and December from Swindon, Potters Bar, Watford Junction, Oxford, Cardiff, and Holyhead.

For the 2023 brochures visit Statesman Rail: https://tinyurl.com/ y7xpjme5

or Midland Pullman: https:// tinyurl.com/ycy383js