We are offering a number of attractive summer day trips from London to Weymouth by steam train. These trains provide plenty of opportunity to visit the beautiful Dorset coast and relive the ‘golden age’ of steam. Passengers have the option of spending time at the celebrated seaside resorts of either Bournemouth or Weymouth, where both have fine sandy beaches. Each train will be hauled by a steam locomotive that was built for express passenger train work.
Our train leaves London Victoria station at around 08:45 steam hauled by Jubilee class steam locomotive No. 45596 Bahamas, and travels westwards, crossing the river Thames at Barnes Bridge, through Kew and Feltham. We stop at Staines and Woking to pick up further passengers. At Winchfield, we pause for our steam locomotive to take on water before continuing to our final pick up point at Basingstoke. We leave the South Western Main Line at Worting Junction and take the Bournemouth Line, heading south through Winchester and Southampton.
We stop at Bournemouth to set down those passengers wishing to visit this coastal resort, a spa town famous for its parks and pine trees. After leaving Bournemouth, there are spectacular views of Poole Harbour. We continue to Wareham and Dorchester travelling through classic Dorset countryside and delightful scenery. We arrive at Weymouth around 13:45 and have almost three hours there to discover much of what this seaside town has to offer. The railway station is close to the beach and shops.
We return from Weymouth diesel hauled at around 16:40 as far as Southampton with our steam locomotive banking on the rear, from here the steam locomotive will take over for the remainder of the return journey. We continue through Andover to Basingstoke, where we stop to set down passengers and for our steam locomotive to take on water. We then continue to Woking and Staines, where we stop to set down passengers, and on to our final destination at London Victoria.
Premier Dining includes a full English breakfast and a four course dinner freshly prepared on board and silver served at your seat.
First Class includes morning tea or coffee with a bacon/breakfast roll and a muffin and an afternoon service of tea or coffee with a savoury of the day followed by scone with butter and jam.
Standard Class includes a reserved seat usually at a table for four.
Fares | Adult | Junior | Family |
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Premier |
£295 |
£205 |
£898 |
First |
£195 |
£135 |
£593 |
Standard |
£115 |
£85 |
£358 |
Station | Outward | Return |
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London Victoria | 08:45 | 22:15 |
Staines | 09:35 | 21:20 |
Woking | 10:05 | 20:45 |
Basingstoke | 10:55 | 19:50 |
Bournemouth | 12:50 | 17:45 |
Weymouth | 13:45 | 16:40 |
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