2025 Intercity Charters

[31160]

Hearing there may be new tours for next year dropping soon

 

[Masbroughlad]

Any hints as to what? Lol.

I'll be a good boy, be patient and wait for the news.

I'd love a jaunt down to deepest West Wales - Tenby and the like.

They've just been posted!

Both on Fridays in January.

One Euston -Edinburgh-Kings X. Great if you live in London area. 10th Jan, hauled by an 87.

Week later - 17th Jan. A good run from Crewe, around Cumbria and Carlisle, back S and C, using the 45 and a 50.

I'd better start saving up!

 

[Iskra]

Two epic looking tours, at great value too. Unfortunately(-ish), I’m somewhere hot and sunny during this period, but oh well you can’t do everything. Hopefully they can do something with the 20’s on one of their next tours.

Also, I have to applaud the advance notice that LSL give, it makes it so much easier to plan.

 

[jfollows]

https://inter-city.co.uk/ seems to be the place, for those like me who had to look it up …..

 

[bleeder4]

There's a third one just gone up as well. Leeds to St Pancras with 45118.

 

[31160]

There's a third one just gone up as well. Leeds to St Pancras with 45118.

Excellent, thats one for me
Also a 87 down the ECML is pretty much a got to for me, still need Edinburgh to Peterborough for one, also worth nothing is states confirmed timings on it, of course that might be wrong but still, LSL definitely leading the pack more and more

 

[Iskra]

There's a third one just gone up as well. Leeds to St Pancras with 45118.

Yeah, that’s the most likely for me so far!

 

[xotGD]

There's a third one just gone up as well. Leeds to St Pancras with 45118.

Just what I was hoping for - a tour from Leeds.

Hauled by a Wagon. So perhaps not.

 

[31160]

Just what I was hoping for - a tour from Leeds.

Hauled by a Wagon. So perhaps not.

Oh now that's not the attitude sir
Accomodation and tour already sorted for me,proper looking forward to it

 

[D6130]

Just what I was hoping for - a tour from Leeds.

Hauled by a Wagon. So perhaps not.

Look on the bright side....it may fail and be rescued by a pair of tractors! It has failed once already since its return to the main line.

 

[xotGD]

I shall take away the positive that they are happy to organise tours starting in West Yorkshire, so I shall keep a look out for future offerings with EE traction.

 

[Jturner98]

I’m looking at going on the class 87 railtour but when I look at the tickets online I can’t find a dining option. I would of thought that there would be a dining option surely? Given the length of the journey.

 

[bleeder4]

I’m looking at going on the class 87 railtour but when I look at the tickets online I can’t find a dining option. I would of thought that there would be a dining option surely? Given the length of the journey.

Intercity generally doesn't offer dining. There was one tour recently which did, but that was very much an exception.

 

[31160]

I’m looking at going on the class 87 railtour but when I look at the tickets online I can’t find a dining option. I would of thought that there would be a dining option surely? Given the length of the journey.

To be fair to LSL they do always do lots of cooked breakfast options and cooked meal later in the day, so if it's that holding you back I would book with confidence, well at least 100/ more confidence than pathfinder ATM anyway

 

[ainsworth74]

To be fair to LSL they do always do lots of cooked breakfast options and cooked meal later in the day, so if it's that holding you back I would book with confidence, well at least 100/ more confidence than pathfinder ATM anyway

Yes the sample buffet menu on the website doesn't list anything more substantial than snacks but the Scottish Push-Pull I did in October had some hot food options. Breakfast rolls, sandwiches, soup, I feel like there was a pie at one point and also hot dogs. Nothing gourmet and not close to a proper dining but there was no risk of starving!

 

[fgwrich]

Intercity generally doesn't offer dining. There was one tour recently which did, but that was very much an exception.

Yet. The crux of the issue that LSL has is that the current INTERCITY rake is formed up of former Greater Anglia Mk3s who, due to capacity constraints, converted their RFM Buffets into small miniature buffets (trust me, those counters are small!). They do however, have ex Pretendolino RFM 10212 at Eastleigh Works undergoing refurbishment though it hasn't been released into traffic yet. So it's likely their catering range will be expanded in the future.

 

[Jturner98]

As much as I’d like to go on the 87 to Edinburgh it seems a bit long. Especially when you don’t have a lot of time to see Edinburgh. Hopefully they’ll be a intercity railtour to somewhere a bit closer like Yorkshire or Manchester next year.

 

[50039]

As much as I’d like to go on the 87 to Edinburgh it seems a bit long. Especially when you don’t have a lot of time to see Edinburgh. Hopefully they’ll be a intercity railtour to somewhere a bit closer like Yorkshire or Manchester next year.

I feel much the same - the tour looks fabulous - but most of the return on the ECML will be in the dark... now if they could put this on in May/June/July... I'd book it in an instant

 

[jfollows]

I feel much the same - the tour looks fabulous - but most of the return on the ECML will be in the dark... now if they could put this on in May/June/July... I'd book it in an instant

I’d have been tempted, I agree, but I already have other plans for 10 January. Otherwise I’d think of staying two nights in London and taking the trip, but longer days would be better.
I went to Edinburgh in August (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/new-retro-railtours-hst-charter-24-8.269879/#post-6912191) and it was daylight most of the time.

 

[12LDA28C]

As much as I’d like to go on the 87 to Edinburgh it seems a bit long. Especially when you don’t have a lot of time to see Edinburgh. Hopefully they’ll be a intercity railtour to somewhere a bit closer like Yorkshire or Manchester next year.

Clearly LSL are serving the London market and there will no doubt be plenty of takers for a day trip to Edinburgh and back behind a proper AC loco. Unless you start ridiculously early and get back very late, you can’t expect to have much longer in Edinburgh than the tour is booked. 800 miles of Class 87 haulage on a day trip is a good day’s ‘bash’ for those who like that sort of thing.

 

[GW43125]

I feel much the same - the tour looks fabulous - but most of the return on the ECML will be in the dark... now if they could put this on in May/June/July... I'd book it in an instant

I absolutely agree. If they were running it in say July I'd be booking immediately.

 

[Iskra]

I absolutely agree. If they were running it in say July I'd be booking immediately.

Presumably Intercity run these more marginal tours in winter to help retain route knowledge for the more profitable core business of summer steam tours. There are trade offs with everything, and the price is still competitive, with the most scenic bits of route still in daylight…

 

[31160]

There may be new tours released very soon

 

[Iskra]

A few more have appeared now on the website

 

[31160]

Yeah the 20 tour to ludo is a bit meh for me so I'll skip that, I still need the trent valley for a 40 but it's just that bit so £140 for that I dunno, if that was the 45 then I would've already booked it mind, still it's a lot better than some others I could mention

I absolutely agree. If they were running it in say July I'd be booking immediately.

Yeah but a hotel in London in July wouldn't be affordable for most so it's a bit of a crap shoot in that respect, I would've preferred going up the ECML in daylight then back down the WCML, but we are where we are

 

[Neilo09]

Got a email to say the emperor of the north is cancelled on the 17th January due to low bookings.

 

[Class15]

Got a email to say the emperor of the north is cancelled on the 17th January due to low bookings.

Yep, it’s been touched on in the LSL fleet updates thread.

 

[Harpo]

Got a email to say the emperor of the north is cancelled on the 17th January due to low bookings.

Always looked a bit odd mixing Sulzer and EE but then the 45/40 trip ran OK last weekend.

 

[31160]

Timings are out for the EUS EDB KGX 87 tour in January coach F for me

 

[motherwell334]

Have or has any railstaff managed to secure a "Priv" discount on any of the railtours either by LSL or SRPS ?, we are kinda limited to what we get up here