Vintage Trains to celebrate 1971 Return to Steam and Lickey bankers
A TOUR on the exact 50th anniversary of 1971’s pivotal ban-breaking Return to Steam trip, banked GWR Castle-hauled steam trips up the Lickey Incline and new Saturday‘Shakespeare Express’ services are among the highlights of the post-lockdown revised Vintage Trains programme for 2021.
The Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon‘Shakespeare Express’season will start on July 17, running on 13 dates, including nine consecutive summer Sundays from July 18.
It will offer choices of breakfast, traditional Sunday lunch or pub-style Sunday lunch and afternoon tea options from £49 in Coach class. Non-dining‘enthusiast’trips will also be available in Tourist class at £25.
This summer will also see, for the first time, four Saturday trains operating on a different schedule, out and back on the
