MAIN LINE DIARY
MARCH SAT 2 ‘LONDON TO YORK’
London King’s Cross – Welwyn Garden City – Huntingdon – Peterborough – York and return by 60007. (SD)
SAT 2 ‘CATHEDRALS EXPRESS TO SALISBURY’
Birmingham Snow Hill – Birmingham Moor Street – Widney Manor – Dorridge – Warwick Parkway – Banbury – Salisbury and return by 5043. (VT)
SAT 2 ‘THE CHESHIREMAN’
London Euston – Watford Junction – Milton Keynes – Northampton – Rugby – Nuneaton – Chester and return by 44871. (RTC)
SAT 9 ‘THE STRATFORD FLYER’
Manchester Victoria – Stockport – Macclesfield – Stratford-upon-Avon and return. (RTC)
WED 13 ‘THE GOLDEN ARROW’
Kidderminster – Droitwich Spa – Worcester Shrub Hill – Cheltenham Spa – Stroud – Kemble – Swindon – Didcot Parkway – Tilehurst – Reading – Canterbury and return by 34046/70000. (Saphos)
SAT 16 ‘THE COTSWOLD EXPLORER’
Northampton – Milton Keynes Central – Leighton Buzzard – Hemel Hempstead – Watford Junction – Ealing Broadway – Slough – Maidenhead – Worcester and return by 70000/46100. (Saphos)
SAT 16 ‘THE SHAP MOUNTAINEER.’
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton – Stafford – Crewe – Warrington Bank Quay – Preston – Carlisle and return by 5043. (VT)
SAT 16 ‘THE WINTER CUMBRIAN MOUNTAIN EXPRESS’
London Euston – Milton Keynes – Watford Junction – Northampton – Rugby – Nuneaton – Crewe – Preston – Carlisle and return. (RTC)
SAT 23 ‘LONDON TO CARLISLE’
London Euston – Milton Keynes – Rugby – Lichfield Trent Valley – Crewe – Carlisle and return by 34046. (SD)
TUES 26 ‘THE GOLDEN ARROW’
Bristol Temple Meads – Bath Spa – Bradford-on-Avon – Trowbridge – Pewsey – Hungerford – Newbury – Reading – Maidenhead – Canterbury and return by 70000/34046. (Saphos)
WEDS 27 ‘THE WHITBY FLYER’
London King’s Cross – Peterborough – York – Whitby and return. (RTC)
SAT 30 ‘SETTLE & CARLISLE STEAM SPECIAL’
Manchester Victoria – Preston – Carlisle and return. (NB)
SAT 30 ‘THE GOLDEN ARROW’
Poole – Bournemouth – Brockenhurst – Southampton – Eastleigh – Winchester – Micheldever – Basingstoke – Reading – Canterbury and return by 70000/34046. (Saphos)
APRIL SAT 6 ‘SETTLE & CARLISLE STEAM SPECIAL’
York – Leeds – Wakefield Kirkgate – Carlisle and return. (NB)
SAT 6 ‘WORCESTER STEAM EXPRESS’
Norwich – Thetford – March – Peterborough – Worcester and return by 45596. (RTC)
SAT 6 ‘LONDON TO CASTLE HOWARD, DURHAM, BEAMISH, AND NEWCASTLE’
York – Durham – Newcastle and return by 60007. (SD)
EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY FROM APRIL 7: ‘THE SHAKESPEARE EXPRESS’
Birmingham New Street – Tyseley – Stratford-on-Avon and return by 5043/7029. (VT)
TUES 9 ‘SHOEBURYNESS TO BLUEBELL’
Shoeburyness – Southend Central – Leighon-Sea – Barking – Sheffield Park and return by 46100. (SD)
SAT 13 ‘THE LAKELANDER’
Leicester – Narborough – Hinckley – Nuneaton – Tamworth – Lichfield Trent Valley – Rugeley Trent Valley – Crewe – Preston and return. (Saphos)
WED 17 ‘THE WHITE ROSE’
Hereford – Leominster – Ludlow – Craven Arms – Church Stretton – Shrewsbury – Crewe – Warrington Bank Quay – Manchester Victoria and return. (Saphos)
SAT 20 ‘SETTLE & CARLISLE STEAM SPECIAL’
Telford Central – Shrewsbury - Wrexham General – Chester – Carlisle and return. (NB)
SAT 20 ‘HORSHAM AND CHICHESTER TO BATH AND BRISTOL’
Horsham – Pulborough – Arundel – Chichester – Bath and return by 61306. (SD)
SAT 20 ‘THE WELSH MARCHES EXPRESS TO HEREFORD’
Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton – Hereford – Birmingham Snow Hill by 5043. (SD)
TUES 23 ‘ LONDON TO NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN’
London Euston – Bletchley – Ridgmont – Bedford – Nottingham and return by 60007. (SD)
SAT 27 ‘SETTLE & CARLISLE STEAM SPECIAL’
Coventry – Birmingham International – Wolverhampton – Stafford – Crewe – Carlisle and return. (NB)
SAT 27 ‘LONDON TO CARDIFF, HIGH GROVE AND THE DEAN FOREST RAILWAY’
London Paddington – Slough – Reading – Cardiff and return by 60007. (SD)
SAT 27 ‘THE CLAN LINE 50TH ANNIVERSARY PULLMAN’
London Victoria – Wimbledon – Basingstoke – Salisbury – Warminster and Westbury – Bath and return by 35028. Does not pick up en route. (UKRT)