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Retro Railtours We specialise in providing scenic daytrips and "Merrymaker" style excursions from West Yorkshire and North West England.

We have successfully operated a wide variety of tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers, all from Huddersfield and the surrounding area to various destinations including Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bath Spa, Oxford, The Lake District amongst others since 2008. We aim to provide an enjoyable travel experience, where you will enjoy the journey as much as the destination. All our trains offer a full buffet bar

, serving hot food and snacks as well as our famous Real Ale bar - we are the only mainline rail company in Great Britain who serve handpumped real ales on-board! The Retro Team look forward to welcoming you aboard.

Thank you to all who supported us on the Retro High Speed Scot on Saturday! A tiring day, but well worth the effort! We’...
26/08/2024

Thank you to all who supported us on the Retro High Speed Scot on Saturday! A tiring day, but well worth the effort! We’re also very pleased to announce just over £600 was raised for the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice - thank you for your support!

Journey’s end in Edinburgh! Another hour and an and bit and we’ll be on our way south! Last minute one way tickets are a...
24/08/2024

Journey’s end in Edinburgh! Another hour and an and bit and we’ll be on our way south! Last minute one way tickets are available if you’re in Edinburgh and fancy a 125 ride along the ECML! You can get them at retrorailtours.co.uk

The HST set has been prepared and loaded with stock ahead of tomorrow’s   tour to Edinburgh Waverley. We look forward to...
23/08/2024

The HST set has been prepared and loaded with stock ahead of tomorrow’s tour to Edinburgh Waverley. We look forward to seeing you on board! Give us a wave if you spot us en-route! 👋🏻

Timings have now been confirmed for our Retro High Speed Scot tour on Saturday 24th August. Tickets are now being dispat...
18/08/2024

Timings have now been confirmed for our Retro High Speed Scot tour on Saturday 24th August. Tickets are now being dispatched by post. For anyone yet to book, we have some seats in Standard Class available still. We’re also offering one way fares to/from Edinburgh. retrorailtours.co.uk/rt25.php

If meeting Benji isn’t a good enough reason to book, I don’t know what is! We still have a few Standard tickets availabl...
08/08/2024

If meeting Benji isn’t a good enough reason to book, I don’t know what is! We still have a few Standard tickets available if you fancy a nice trip up to Edinburgh with classic HST traction!

Tickets at retrorailtours.co.uk

After a very busy few days off in Skegness and visiting the 125 Preservation group at the Nene Valley Railway 125 Group dog Benji is back to work getting the coaches ready for the Retro Railtours “Retro High Speed Scot” trip to Edinburgh on Saturday 24th August.

He’s already got his ticket and will be joining the train at Wakefield…

There’s a few tickets left so head over to retrorailtours.co.uk/rt25.php and Benji will see you on board!

FIRST CLASS NOW SOLD OUT!We still have some Standard Class seats on our special charter train to Edinburgh for the Edinb...
25/07/2024

FIRST CLASS NOW SOLD OUT!

We still have some Standard Class seats on our special charter train to Edinburgh for the Edinburgh Festival on Saturday 24th August. You can still book your Standard Class tickets at https://retrorailtours.co.uk/rt25.php

You’ll be supporting the Forget Me Not Children's Hospice and 125 Group, so you’ll have a great day and be supporting great causes ☺️

Retro Railtours - aiming to provide tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers

Very sad news. RIP Sir Kenneth.
22/07/2024

Very sad news. RIP Sir Kenneth.

We are sad to confirm that our Honorary President, Sir Kenneth Grange has passed away at the age of 95.

Sir Kenneth became a key designer for many iconic household items - but will be best remembered by us for the amazing transition he made to the front end design styling and livery of the InterCity 125.

Following the Group's involvement with the restoration of the Prototype Power Car, Sir Kenneth became a good friend of the Group, an advocate of our aims and has been our Honorary President for the last ten years - visiting us at events on numerous occasions.

We pass on our deepest condolences to his Wife, Apryl and all of his family.

We’ve had a few of our regular passengers ask us about East Midland tours this year. Unfortunately, we haven’t got any i...
18/07/2024

We’ve had a few of our regular passengers ask us about East Midland tours this year. Unfortunately, we haven’t got any in the diary this year, but our good friends at UK Railtours do have a trip planned - from East Midlands Parkway on the 7th September. If it’s your first time on UK Railtours, do mention Retro when booking!

Sir Kenneth Grange, the designer of the HST, turns 95 today! We wish him a Happy Birthday 🎉 If you’d like to sample a HS...
17/07/2024

Sir Kenneth Grange, the designer of the HST, turns 95 today! We wish him a Happy Birthday 🎉 If you’d like to sample a HST yourself on the mainline, tickets are still available on our Retro High Speed Scot tour on 24th August. https://retrorailtours.co.uk/rt25.php

All of us at the 125 Group would like to wish Sir Kenneth Grange a very ”Happy Birthday” …95 years young today.

Bookings are still open on the Retro High Speed Scot on 24th August. A rare opportunity to sample a 125 Group HST along ...
05/07/2024

Bookings are still open on the Retro High Speed Scot on 24th August. A rare opportunity to sample a 125 Group HST along the East Coast Mainline. You’ll have time to enjoy the sights and sounds of Edinburgh, where the Festival and Fringe will be in full swing! As usual, we’ll be supporting Forget Me Not Children's Hospice

Book now at:

Retro Railtours - aiming to provide tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers

We’re very pleased to announce the   on Saturday 24th August, taking you from stations in the north directly to the Edin...
22/06/2024

We’re very pleased to announce the on Saturday 24th August, taking you from stations in the north directly to the Edinburgh Festival. Our good friends at 125 Group will be providing the traction. Bookings are now open: retrorailtours.co.uk/rt25.php

Fantastic trip to London today as part of the Marylebone 125 celebrations. I’d say it was a pretty good way to celebrate...
15/03/2024

Fantastic trip to London today as part of the Marylebone 125 celebrations. I’d say it was a pretty good way to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Marylebone and the Great Central extension to London. Thank you to all who supported us, and supported the Marylebone Project charity.

Tickets are now being dispatched by email for our Master Cutler tour on Friday 15th, and will be complete by Monday. We ...
09/03/2024

Tickets are now being dispatched by email for our Master Cutler tour on Friday 15th, and will be complete by Monday. We still have some Standard Class availability on both the mini tour and main tour at https://retrorailtours.co.uk

We look forward to welcoming you on board.

Retro Railtours - aiming to provide tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers

A nice little article featuring our forthcoming HST tour by IanVisits.
07/03/2024

A nice little article featuring our forthcoming HST tour by IanVisits.

Next Friday, there will be a very special visitor to Marylebone station - an Intercity 125 train, and you could be on it.

Update: Standard Class seats are still available on The Master Cutler tour from Sheffield/ Chesterfield / Derby and Leic...
23/02/2024

Update: Standard Class seats are still available on The Master Cutler tour from Sheffield/ Chesterfield / Derby and Leicester to London Marylebone & back on the 15th March. First Class is now sold out. Book now to avoid disappointment: https://retrorailtours.co.uk/master_cutler.php

10% of profits from this train will be donated to The Marylebone Project.

Retro Railtours - aiming to provide tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers

Due to popular demand, we have added a ‘mini tour’ option on The Master Culter tour, running on the 15th March as part o...
16/02/2024

Due to popular demand, we have added a ‘mini tour’ option on The Master Culter tour, running on the 15th March as part of the Marylebone 125 year anniversary.

Tickets for both the main tour, and the mini tour, running between London Marylebone and Banbury are available at www.retrorailtours.co.uk

08/02/2024

We are very pleased to announce our first tour of 2024 - The Master Cutler - on Friday 15th March - a 125 running from Sheffield to London Marylebone & back as part of the 125th anniversary of Marylebone station. Tickets are available now at:
https://retrorailtours.co.uk/master_cutler.php

There will be a buffet bar serving hot and cold snacks as well as our famous real ale bar.

The trip will be raising funds for the fantastic Marylebone Project, with 10% of the proceeds from ticket sales donated.

We specialise in providing scenic daytrips and "Merrymaker" style excursions from West Yorkshire and

And now for something completely different. We have teamed up with the Brush Type 4 Fund to promote a British Rail Class...
01/02/2024

And now for something completely different. We have teamed up with the Brush Type 4 Fund to promote a British Rail Class 47 tour……..in Hungary! 🇭🇺 A very rare opportunity to sample 47 haulage abroad this June. https://retrorailtours.co.uk/frontier_brush.php
This one unfortunately won’t be calling at Reddish South!

Happy Christmas from all the Retro Railtours team. We hope you see you on board in 2024. We have a small number of calen...
25/12/2023

Happy Christmas from all the Retro Railtours team. We hope you see you on board in 2024. We have a small number of calendars left - if you’d like one drop us a message, and we’ll get one in the post! ✉️ 🚂🎄

Absolutely delighted to report that our very generous passengers raised a fantastic £1000 on the Retro Devon Belle II fo...
02/06/2023

Absolutely delighted to report that our very generous passengers raised a fantastic £1000 on the Retro Devon Belle II for Forget Me Not Children's Hospice . That’s now over £14,000 raised on board over past few years. Thank You! 🎉

For anyone in the South West hoping to sample some Class 50 haulage on Saturday, part fares are now available from Exete...
25/05/2023

For anyone in the South West hoping to sample some Class 50 haulage on Saturday, part fares are now available from Exeter and Paignton on the Retro Devon Belle II - retrorailtours.co.uk

Retro Railtours - aiming to provide tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers

A lovely little Bank Holiday half at The Stalybridge Buffet bar this afternoon! If you’re looking for things to do at th...
01/05/2023

A lovely little Bank Holiday half at The Stalybridge Buffet bar this afternoon! If you’re looking for things to do at the end of this month, join us on The Retro Devon Belle - a Class 50 direct to Paignton from Huddersfield, Stalybridge and other selected north west stations - Saturday 27th May.

retrorailtours.co.uk/rt24.php

We are pleased to announce our first tour of 2023, to the delightful Devon seaside resort of Paignton - on Saturday 27th...
26/02/2023

We are pleased to announce our first tour of 2023, to the delightful Devon seaside resort of Paignton - on Saturday 27th May. Bookings are now open for this trip at retrorailtours.co.uk/rt24.php We look forward to seeing you on board!

Retro Railtours - aiming to provide tours for enthusiasts and daytrippers

The Retro Railtours team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. 🎄🎅🏼 We are looking forward to seeing you on ...
24/12/2022

The Retro Railtours team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. 🎄🎅🏼 We are looking forward to seeing you on board in 2023.

Some of the more observant of you may notice the blue Retro Railtours pint glass - one of the originals from our first train back in 2008. How many of you have one of these still? 🍻🍻

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