Vintage Trains / Shakespeare Express

About

Vintage Trains' home depot is at Tyseley Locomotive Works in Tyseley, Birmingham, providing an excellent starting point for the year-round steam hauled railtours to destinations throughout the UK.

Vintage Trains also offers The Shakespeare Express steam service between Birmingham and Stratford on summer Sundays, providing a unique opportunity for passengers to step back in time to the more elegant and romantic days of train travel, complete with a variety of on-board dining options including Sunday lunch.

2020 rail tours 

Main line steam services from Vintage Trains include new services and returning favourites
 
Key highlights include:

• New Shakespeare Express Schedule for 2020 – Starts at Easter
  More information coming soon
   
• Return of the Sunday Roast train – from both Birmingham and Stratford
   
• 7029 Clun Castle over the Settle and Carlisle – first train since 1967
   
• Clun Castle to The West Somerset Railway – steam all the way
   
• New LMS Inspection saloon joins the fleet with private hire availability

They've also got a range of surprise guest locomotives lined up for their rail tours, with more information to be released.
 
Download their brochure here