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Welcome to our current programme of day excursions, which covers the next few months. This programme features steam, diesel and now electric hauled trains.

This summary page lists all our excursions and our regular summer Sundays-only steam train service - 'The Shakespeare Express'.

When you see a train that interests you, then please click on 'train' title to obtain further information about the tour including travel opportunities, fares, dining & optional add-on tours.

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Tour Summary
The symbol against each tour enables you to quickly identify the type of train & carriages - see 'Train Type'.

For further details of any tour - click on 'train' name
May	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Sat 10	Purbeck & Weymouth Explorer	2 Class 47s 'top & tail'	Birmingham Moor Street Tyseley Solihull Dorridge Warwick Parkway Leamington Spa Banbury	Bournemouth Poole Wareham* Weymouth	* optional trip to Swanage Railway
Sat 17	Welsh Highlander	4953 Pitchford Hall	Tyseley Warwick Road Walsall Wolverhampton Stafford	Llandudno Junction*	* for coach transfer to Caernavon & Welsh Highland Railway trip
Sat 24	City of York	5029 Nunney Castle	Tyseley Warwick Road Tamworth High Level Burton-on-Trent	York
Jun	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Sun 1	Cosford Air Show	GWR Pannier 9466	Tyseley Warwick Road	Cosford
Sat 14	Lincoln Imp	5029 Nunney Castle	Tyseley Warwick Road Nuneaton Leicester Loughborough	Lincoln	via Newark
Sat 28	Tyseley 100 Open Day		Tyseley Loco Works	Open Day at our base & London Midland Depot
Sun 29	Tyseley 100 Open Day		Tyseley Loco Works	Open Day at our base only
Summer	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Every Sun 6 Jul-14 Sep	Shakespeare Express	Loco t.b.a.	Birmingham Snow Hill Birmingham Moor Street Tyseley Henley Stratford-u-Avon	Two round trips from: Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-u-Avon offering a variety of travel opportunities from/to the pick up stations
Jul	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Tues 1 evening	North Warwickshire Line Centenary	GWR Pannier 9466	Shirley ** Stratford-u-Avon*	A round trip from: Shirley to Stratford-u-Avon with photostop at Henley on outward leg. Single tickets onlyavailable * return or single tickets
Sat 12	City of Glasgow Explorer	86 259 Les Ross	Birmingham New Street Tame Bridge Parkway Wolverhampton Stafford Crewe	Glasgow
Sat 19	Ely Explorer	4936 Kinlet Hall	Tyseley Warwick Road Burton-on-Trent Willington Melton Mowbray	Ely
Sat 26	Bristol Explorer	5029 Nunney Castle	Solihull Dorridge Banbury	Bristol Temple Meads	via Badminton.
Aug	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Sat 16	Airborne Eastbourne	2 Class 47s 'top & tail'	Birmingham Moor Street Solihull Dorridge Warwick Parkway Leamington Spa Banbury	Eastbourne
Sat 30	Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta	2 Class 47s 'top & tail'	Tyseley Warwick Road Birmingham Moor Street Stourbridge Junction Kidderminster Worcester Shrub Hill	Kingswear
Sep	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Sat 27	City of Edinburgh Explorer	86 259 Les Ross & 47 773	Birmingham New Street Tame Bridge Parkway Wolverhampton Stafford	Edinburgh	via Stoke, Manchester and Preston. Electric loco from Preston to Edinburgh
Oct	Train	Locomotive	Pick up & return	Set down	Notes
Sat 11	Waverley Paddle Steamer Cruise	2 Class 47s 'top & tail'	Tyseley Warwick Road Nuneaton Narborough Market Harborough Kettering	Southend Central

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