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worcester steam express steam train

The Worcester Steam Express

Saturday 20th September 2025

The Worcester Steam Express provides a rare opportunity for passengers from Liverpool, Runcorn and Crewe to visit Worcester by steam hauled train. The journey will include steam haulage on the West Coast Main Line as well as some interesting lines through the West Midlands to Worcester. We will be hauled by a locomotive from the Carnforth pool.

Our steam hauled train departs from Liverpool Lime Street and travels via Edge Hill and Liverpool South Parkway before crossing the Mersey at Runcorn Gap over the Runcorn Railway Bridge, otherwise known as Ethelfleda Bridge or Britannia Bridge. We stop at Runcorn to pick up further passengers before continuing our journey. We join the West Coast Main Line at Weaver Junction and continue through Winsford to Crewe, where we make our final stop for boarding passengers.

We continue to Stafford before leaving the West Coast Main Line at Rugeley North Junction and head across the steeply graded and scenic Cannock Chase line to Walsall. We now head for Bescot Stadium and turn away from the Birmingham line at Perry Barr North Junction to follow the Handsworth Loop Line to Soho. We then join the Jewellery Line and head through Rowley Regis to Stourbridge Junction. From here we continue, pausing at Kidderminster to allow passengers to disembark here who wish to visit the adjacent Severn Valley Railway. We then continue our journey through Droitwich Spa to Worcester Shrub Hill, our destination for the day.

There will be time available to explore this fine city. The river Severn runs through the city and is overlooked by the historic 12th century Worcester Cathedral. The site of the final battle of the Civil War between Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II was here. It is also the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, and has long associations with the composer Sir Edward Elgar.

After our steam locomotive has been serviced, we depart Worcester in the afternoon and head for Kidderminster to pick up any passengers who opted to visit the Severn Valley Railway for the afternoon. We then return via the same route as outward to Liverpool Lime Street, setting down passengers as on our outward journey.

Please Note

    Destinations Route

    map of the destinations on route

    Approximate timings shown

    Station Outward Return
    Liverpool Lime Street 07:30 21:30
    Runcorn 08:00 21:00
    Crewe 09:00 20:00
    Kidderminster 12:15 16:45
    Worcester Shrub Hill 12:45 16:15
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