Railtour

Modern Railways Crosscountry HST Farewell railtour

Picture of Crosscountry HST at Water Orton in 2014

With CrossCountry’s HSTs set for withdrawal this year, 125 Group are pleased to form part of the operator’s farewell celebrations for this fleet after more than 40 years of operation on CrossCountry routes. Our sales stand will form part of the on board activities available during this special trip to Swanage on Tuesday 26th September.

This full day trip will comprise two ‘tours’ with tickets available for each tour separately. The day consists of the ‘Pines Express’ from Leeds to Swanage, and the ‘Bournemouth Belle’ from Swanage to Bournemouth. A range of activities including a charity raffle are planned on board. More information including timings can be found on the Modern Railways website here.

Tickets are available via our friends at the Branch Line Society for both tours. The Pines Express (Update: SOLD OUT) is £95 in Standard Class and can be purchased here & the Bournemouth Belle is £30 in Standard Class which you can purchase here.

Okehampton-Stratford HST Railtour Sat 21st April

Great Western power cars 43138 and 43134 on previous railtour duty at Stratford-upon-Avon, 27th March 1999. © 125 Group

This Saturday 21st April a special High Speed Train railtour will run from Okehampton through to Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, exceedingly rare for a HST! The special ‘Royal Oke’ charter will be operated using a Great Western Railway Inter-City 125, calling points are Okehampton Town (depart 0710, arrive back 2046), Crediton (0747/2005), Exeter St.Davids (0812/1947), Oxford (1026/1720) and Stratford-upon-Avon (arrive 1132, depart 1613). The railtour is booked to run via the Down and Up Main through lines at Leamington Spa. Tickets are still available, including a special reduced fare of £20 from Oxford.

The railtour is operated by OkeRAIL, campaigning for the reintroduction of passenger trains between Okehampton and Exeter.
More information is available on the OkeRAIL website here:  https://okerail.2day.uk/
To book tickets from stations Okehampton Town, Crediton and Exeter St.Davids click here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/486973
To book tickets from Oxford only click here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/491432
Tickets are sold by the railtour organiser OkeRAIL only.

If you have any questions about the railtour please contact OkeRAIL via their website / facebook / twitter.
Please do not contact 125 Group or Great Western Railway with queries about this railtour.