05 Mar 2020
The Royal Windsor Steam Express will leave London's Victoria Station every Tuesday this Summer at 08.00, 11.00 and 14.00 offering three classes of travel. A Champagne Brunch or Champagne Cream Tea in elegant Pullman Style Dining carriages, First Class with complimentary tea and coffee or Standard Class with open carriages. Table service for snacks and drinks is available and picnics welcome.
The journey will follow the same historical route of the earlier Royal Trains that would carry the Royal Family from London to their castle in Windsor. First built in the 11th century, Windsor Castle is the largest continuously occupied castle in the world and home to English Kings and Queens from William the Conqueror to the present Elizabeth II.
Tickets start at £39 (approx. US $50/CA $67) up to £89 (approx. US $116/CA $153) per person for the Pullman Style Dining experience with a morning Champagne brunch or afternoon Champagne cream tea. Tickets can be purchased online or at the station on the day, subject to availability.
www.royalwindsorsteamexpress.co.uk
The Sunset Steam Express will leave London's Victoria Station each Tuesday of the Summer at 18:00 for a four hour return journey through the Surrey Hills – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – serving drinks and dinner on the way.
The train will head south across the suburbs of London, pass through the historic Cathedral town of Guildford and take the steep climb through the Surrey Hills before descending the Vale of Holmesdale and back to Victoria via the market towns of Dorking and Reigate.
Prices from £109 (approx. US $141/CA $197) per person in Premier Dining up to £139 (approx. US $180/CA $239) per person travelling Pullman Style Dining. A standard ticket at £49 (approx. US $63/CA $85) offers seating at tables where snacks and drinks can be purchased and picnics are welcome.
Both trains on these experiences will usually be pulled by the B1 Class Locomotive - 'Mayflower' - built in 1948 and sporting its British Rail apple green livery. High resolution video and interior and exterior shots available on request.
To book please call + 44 (0)1483 209888 between
9.00am – 5.30pm on weekdays.
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2020
For further information contact WixHill PR:
Tim Fordham-Moss / Pippa Evans
tim@wixhill.co.uk / pippa@wixhill.co.uk
+44 (0) 771 491788 / + 44 (0) 7545 522292
Editor's Notes:
61306 Mayflower
Built for the London & North Eastern Railway in 1948, 61306 Mayflower is one of two surviving B1 Class locomotives. Designed as mixed traffic locomotives capable of hauling express passenger trains as well as freight traffic, the B1s are powerful, go anywhere engines and worked across most of the UK rail network from East Anglia to Scotland.
Mayflower was built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow but was delivered post-nationalisation and acquired the number 61306 by British Railways. She was first allocated to Hull Botanic Gardens Depot followed by a spell at Hull Dairycotes Depot before being finally transferred to Low Moor Depot, Bradford. She was the last B1 in service, her final trip was hauling the 'Yorkshire Pullman' from Leeds in September 1967.
Mayflower was immediately purchased for preservation and was initially based at Steamtown in Carnforth. She was fully restored for mainline operation and worked a number of railtours in the 1970's. Acquired by Steam Dreams owner David Buck in 2014, she returned to the mainline in 2015 before being withdrawn for an extensive overhaul. Resplendent in the early British Railways apple green livery as she was originally given when delivered in 1948 she returned to full mainline operation in early 2019.
Mayflower has two cylinders, 6 driving wheels, a firebox grate area of 30 square feet and can operate at 75mph.
Carbon Offset
The Steam Dreams Rail Co., was the first rail charter to be carbon neutral. For the last ten years the company has offset annually the carbon footprint of all aspects of its operation.
About The Steam Dreams Rail Co.
- The first trip left London for Salisbury in 1999 and was an immediate success
- Almost two decades later, the company is proud to be offering day trips to more than 35 different destinations and picking up passengers at over 100 stations across the UK every year
- As well as day trips, Steam Dreams offers a number of multi-day tours around the British Isles and Continental Europe. In autumn 2021, the company will be including a tour of New Zealand in their programme.
- The company has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence every year since 2015, and was short-listed for Best Rail Holiday Provider in the inaugural Silver Travel Awards.
