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Darjeeling Tours Ltd
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The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and following the success of our Darjeeling Mail tour last October, recreating the 1940’s Raj era train between Kolkata and Darjeeling in the hills, this tour is being repeated with several improvements. We also have a…
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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!
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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…
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The ‘Wansbeck Piper’: A 1960s steam tour
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Discover the Wansbeck Valley Railway in rural Northumberland, 53 years ago, on the ‘Wansbeck Piper’, the final train to travel over the route.
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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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Holiday with Inside Track in 2023
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Inside Track is a small independent tour operator that has been creating innovative, fun filled, holidays for over 30 years.
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See the world by rail in 2023 with The Railway Touring Company
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For 2023, its 26th year, The Railway Touring Company are offering over 50 rail based holidays within their programme.
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National Railway Museum & Porterbrook agree partnership for Railway Futures Gallery
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Porterbrook has announced significant support for the National Railway Museum with a £2.5m sponsorship agreement for the new ‘Railway Futures Gallery’ – a key component of the museum’s Vision 2025 masterplan.
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The East Lancashire Line
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Author and prolific photographer Martyn Hilbert presents a profile of the 29-mile Preston to Colne line in the heart of East Lancashire, highlighting its services, stations, and prominent structures, in words and pictures.
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An Iconic Mark 1
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Creating a business converting former BR Mark 1 coaches for residential and leisure purposes was always going to be a challenge, but Armin Obrecht has almost completed his first conversion. Andy Coward met the Iconic Railway Coaches founder to find out more.
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