Steam Trains - Tours and Tyseley Open Days
This page summarises our latest tour programme. Please click on an individual tour for further details.
Booking & Travel Terms
All bookings are subject to Vintage Trains Standard Conditions of Booking and Travel.
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See also the Booking & Travel Notes page.
Vintage Trains regrets that Dogs are NOT allowed on any train except for Specially Trained Dogs for the Disabled.
We can accommodate a small number of people using wheelchairs. It is essential to contact Vintage Trains directly to discuss availability of our facilities and your requirements before making a booking.
Mailing List
| Tour/ Event Summary : Please click on a date or tour name/event name to see more details | |||
| Date | Tour Name / Event Name | Locomotives (DH=Double-Headed) | Stations & Route / Attractions |
| Sat 10 March | Shap, Settle & Carlisle |
5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe & 6201 Princess Elizabeth (DH) |
Tyseley, Birmingham New St, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Crewe to Carlisle via Shap. Return via Ais Gill & SettleSold Out |
| Sat 24 March | Double Lickey Banker | 6201 Princess Elizabeth plus Lickey Bankers 7752 (L94) & 9600 | Solihull, Dorridge to Bristol via Oxford, Swindon and Bath. Return via Cheltenham and the Lickey Bank. |
| Sat 14 April | East Midland Rambler | 7752 (L94) & 9600 | Tyseley for circular tour: Walsall via Sutton Park, then Aston to Birmingham International (reverse), followed by Aston, Lichfield, Branston Junc, Coalville and Knighton returning via Nuneaton |
| Sat 21 April | Red Rose | 6201 Princess Elizabeth | Tyseley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Crewe to Manchester Victoria, Mile Platting, Huddersfield, Copy Pit, Blackburn, Farington Junction, and return. |
| Sat 28 April | Cornishman | 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Tyseley, Birmingham Snow Hill, Smethwick Galton Bridge and Bristol Temple Meads to Plymouth. |
| Sat 5 May | Llandudno Victorian Fayre | 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe & 4965 Rood Ashton Hall (DH) |
Revised tour date Tyseley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Crewe to Llandudno. |
| Sat/Mon 26/28 May | Castle To Scotland | 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Tyseley, Wolverhampton, Crewe to Edinburh Waverley (return 28 May - see also optional add-on circular tour on 27 May) |
| Sun 27 May | Forth Circular | 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Circular tour : Edinburgh area stations crossing the Forth Bridge calling at Stirling : available as free-standing tour booking or add-on to 'Castle to Scotland' tour |
| Sun 3 June | Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant | 6201 Princess Elizabeth | Solihull, Dorridge, Warwick Parkway and Banbury to London Kensington Olympia (for River Thames Pagent) |
| Sat 9 June | Railfest 2012 (at NRM) | 4965 Rood Ashton Hall | Tyseley, Coleshill Parkway, Tamworth and Burton to York (for National Railway Museum). |
| Sat/Sun 23/24 June | Tyseley Open Days | 46233 Duchess of Sutherland, 6201 Princess Elizabeth and others in steam |
Shuttle train rides on demonstration line, turntable demonstrations, works visits, locomotive cavalcades |
| Sat 30 June | Scarborough Flyer | 46233 Duchess of Sutherland | Tyseley, Coleshill Parkway, Tamworth, Burton and Derby to York and Scarborough. |
| Sat 7 July | Grand Junction Railway 175 | 6201 Princess Elizabeth | Tyseley, Birmingham New Street, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Crewe to Warrington, Newton and Liverpool Lime Street. |
| Sundays 1 July to 9 September |
Shakespeare Express | various - t.b.a. | Birmingham Snow Hill, Birmingham Moor Street, Tyseley, Henley, Stratford - choice of 2 round trips from Birmingham or 1 round trip from Henley or Stratford. |
| Sat 18 August | Welsh Dragon | 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Tyseley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stafford and Crewe to Llandudno Junction (for Llandudno) or Llanrwst, Blaenau Ffestiniog (for the Ffestiniog Railway) |
