We have a team of people involved who, between them, have a great level of expertise in planning, the rail network, access to certain useful or important additional information required for planning, knowledge of the operating constraints of charter trains and what is generally involved in charter trains.

We aim to offer: -

• Useful suggestions
• Realistic advice
• Flexible solutions

The main format of these charter trains is based on the fondly remembered British Rail 'Merrymaker' style day trips, using traditional Intercity carriages designed for long distance rail travel in relative comfort and trains usually hauled by heritage British built diesel engines.

We aim to offer these trains at the lowest achievable fares for each journey, based on the costs that we have to meet to run each trip and thus presenting generally better value for money than most available rail fares for similar journeys in the UK, and by offering journies that are not normally possible without needing to change to different trains during the journey.

The changing nature of the UK rail network means considerably more time and effort is involved in the organising now and the type of thing we do is therefore becoming less common and we hope you appreciate and enjoy the day as much as possible when it arrives!

Trains are stewarded by a large group of friendly volunteers who travel to provide on the day assistance and help recreate the friendly atmosphere of the 'traditional' style rail excursion.
Drivers, guards and any maintenance staff sent out on a train will be employed by the train companies it is run through and all have many years of railway experience, and on each trip our team will aim to work alongside these people to deliver what we are required to and ensure we do our best to help the public (in the process).

The 'additional' ethos of our trains (unlike some other charter train promoters) is that we aim to serve smaller rail stations where possible as well as bigger towns and cities and that we offer days out or itineraries that are normally not achievable by direct train from each of the stations we run from!
The routes and destinations of the excursions will tend to be those which are proven to be popular, unusual, scenic and interesting in some respect.
We also aim to offer a variety of itineraries based on what is known to be available to us on each date and what is likely to be popular enough with those who may be interested in joining us!

We are in favour of promoting environmentally friendly travel and encouraging use of public transport and in organising these style of trips we try to show the positive way in which this can be well utilised even in an age where private car journeys are now the country’s favoured way to get about.