We are delighted to offer this railtour around and through the Cotswolds, featuring three very choice bits of track, together with a number of other loops and sidings that have rarely featured on a passenger train.

There is one specified section of track before the last joining point at Cheltenham Spa, from where we climb through the Golden Valley to Swindon and soon to the first ‘biggie’ of the day, the 2008 opened branch to the 2021 closed Honda factory, which has carried very little traffic at all, and certainly no passenger trains.

An hour or so break will be taken at Banbury before we head west to Moreton-in-Marsh for a visit to the Refuge Siding, followed by continuation to Worcester, where we are booked to use the Henwick Turnback to do exactly that!

Class 37 haulage throughout (Courtesy of WCRC) in top/tail formation, however the locomotives will pair up from the Gloucester area back to Burton-on-Trent. 

We have now added a stop at Swindon for those wishing to join us there.

CONFIRMED ROUTE (Subject to timekeeping):

Burton-on-Trent – Tamworth – Coleshill Parkway to Birmingham New Street (pick-up) – Selly Oak – Lifford Curve – Camp Hill – Birmingham New Street (non-stop) as per the pick-up stations to Swindon, then Swindon Reception – Up Swindon Goods – South Marston branch NR Limit – Foxhall Jn – Down Kennington Goods Loop – Hinksey Yard – a short break at Banbury (1345-1429, reverse). Via Up Aynho Goods – Oxford area (reverse) – Moreton-in-Marsh (reverse) – Moreton-in-Marsh Down Refuge Siding (reverse) – Henwick Turnback Siding (reverse) – Cheltenham Spa (reverse) and back to Birmingham New Street, then via Coleshill Parkway to Tamworth and Burton-on-Trent.

Please note: Clearance has been granted to traverse the South Marston Branch at Swindon.