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  • SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company

    SCOTSMAN, SCOTLAND, SWITZERLAND AND SRI LANKA – step on board with The Railway Touring Company

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    Winner of the British Travel Award for ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays 2021/22’, The Railway Touring Company applies over 25 years expertise to create a varied, and often innovative, choice of rail-themed tours. 

  • Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!

    Ffestiniog Travel – 50 years of touring the world by train!

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    In October 1974 Ffestiniog Travel ran its very first escorted rail tour – the destination was Switzerland, and the purpose was to ride its majestic Alpine railways. It proved a very popular choice as the company escorted 70 people on not one but two inaugural tours that year!  Fifty years on, Switzerland continues to be…

  • Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!

    Enthusiast Holidays – steam and classic traction for the 21st Century gricer!

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    Enthusiast Holidays can trace its origins back to 1975, as the “Magic of Steam in Poland” – part of the émigré Polish travel organization “Fregata” – running trips to that country at a time when photographing trains, or even writing down their numbers, without the necessary permission – could get you arrested!

  • Memorable day trips by luxury train

    Memorable day trips by luxury train

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    At UK Railtours we’re justly proud of being family owned since 1978. Many people associate a train journey with their daily commute to work, very much a ‘grudge purchase’ and hardly a memorable experience. We’re here to show that on board a private excursion train with like-minded travelling companions, things are very different. There really…

  • Learn how to grow your own food with help from Kitchen Garden magazine

    Learn how to grow your own food with help from Kitchen Garden magazine

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    Download your free taster of the award-winning Kitchen Garden magazine to help you grow and cook your own delicious produce.

  • Explore London Transport Museum with Depot Open Days

    Explore London Transport Museum with Depot Open Days

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    Next weekend London Transport Museum is throwing open the doors of its working Museum store in Acton Town for the public to explore.

  • Fantastic steam railway reads available at Mortons Books

    Fantastic steam railway reads available at Mortons Books

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    On Mortons Books there are lots of fantastic railway reads available, with many focusing on the history of steam rail.

  • Riveting reads on a railway legend for its 100th anniversary!

    Riveting reads on a railway legend for its 100th anniversary!

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    Railway Hub regulars can’t have failed to see the huge media attention paid to Flying Scotsman as the locomotive reaches its 100th anniversary of entering service.

  • Discover Yorkshire by steam

    Discover Yorkshire by steam

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    Explore the beauty of Yorkshire by steam train in 2023.

  • Switzerland – The Nirvana of Train Travel!

    Switzerland – The Nirvana of Train Travel!

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    Ffestiniog Travel’s very first escorted rail tour was to Switzerland in 1974 – almost 50 years and hundreds of rail tours later it remains the most popular destination among its travellers.

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