The Scarborough Flyer

What could be better than spending a beautiful summer's day aboard our special steam service - the Scarborough Flyer? Running between Crewe, Wilmslow, Stockport, Huddersfield, Wakefield, York and Scarborough.  It will be steam hauled in both directions using one of our pool of three magnificent steam locomotives. All Pacifics are all restored to top operating condition; 6201 Princess Elizabeth, 71000 Duke of Gloucester and 6233 Duke of Sutherland.

Along the route we pass some spectacular scenery and many important points of railway history.  Here's the itinerary for what promises to be an exciting day for our customers. 

The Scarborough Flyer will steam out of Crewe at around 07:30 and head north along the main line.  After picking up further passengers at Wilmslow we then leave the main line at Stockport, from where our steam locomotive immediately has to work hard to climb Miles Platting Bank.

We continue through Stalybridge with its famous Buffet Bar, first opened in 1885, and continue climbing up to Standedge tunnel, the highest, longest and deepest canal tunnel in the UK, stretching for 5,029 meters (3.25 miles) through hard millstone grit.  From the tunnel we drop down to pick up further customers at Huddersfield, then join the Old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Wakefield Kirkgate, first opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1840.  Then it's on through Castleford to York where our steam locomotive takes on much needed water.

You are welcome to either leave the train at York or carry on to the journey's end at Scarborough.  (Those customers alighting at York will be able to make the most of this fascinating city, with its variety of places to see, such as the Minster, The Shambles, the Jorvik Viking Centre and, of course the superb National Railway Museum.  Open topped busses leave from York Railway Station for tours around the city.)

On departure from York, we take the Sacrborough line and immediately cross the River Ouse with its lovely views of the Minster.  We should have a fast run along the Vale of York before slowing for the curves that follow the river past Kirkham Abbey, opened on 5th July 1845 by the York and North Midland Railway and serving the local community until 1930.  Soon after Kirkham we pass through Malton - another station steeped in railway history which at its peak in the early 1900s employed well over a hundred staff.  From Malton it's on through Seamer5 to our final destination Scarborough.

Scarborough is the most popular seaside resort in Yorkshire and perhaps the whole of the East Coast.  It has everything you would expect from an established seaside resort, with two stunning bays and a host of things to do and see.

• Premier Dining includes full English breakfast and a four course dinner silver served at your seat.
• First Class includes morning coffee and Danish pastries and tea and biscuits in the afternoon.
• Standard Class includes a reserved seat at a table for four.

A buffet car is available and serves tea, coffee, snacks and light refreshments.
Tables for two can be guaranteed in first class and premier dining for a supplement of £15 per person.
(subject to availability)