Steam locomotive No.70000 Britannia will be back in steam on the mainline and will be in Crewe and Burnley on Saturday 8th December 2018.

The Britannia locomotive is on a special rail tour from Crewe to Burnley Manchester Road.

The steam locomotive will depart the Crewe at approximately 10:07 am.

The railtour will then leave the Crewe, bound for Burnley Manchester Road, where it will steam through Hartford (10:24), Warrington Bank Quay (10:43), Wigan North Western (11:16), Lostock Hall Junction (11:35), Blackburn (11:53), Rose Grove 12:11) before arriving into Burnley Manchester Road at 12:43.

Departing Burnley Manchester Road at 13:08, the train will take a different route back to Crewe. The train will steam through Copy Pit (13:18), Todmorden (13:30), Rochdale (13:44), Manchester Victoria (14:20), Eccles (14:44) Warrington Bank Quay (15:13) and Hartford (15:41) before arriving into Crewe at 16:08.

These above timings in brackets are approximate timings, please click the links below, which tracks the train throughout the day to keep you up to date on when it will pass through your local station.

Timings

For timings on these movements, please click the links below:

• Outbound: 1Z70 1007 Crewe to Burnley Manchester Road via Warrington and Blackburn
• Return: 1Z72 1308 Burnley Manchester Road to Crewe via Todmorden and Manchester Victoria

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As always, please respect the dangers of the railway. Please do not trespass on the railway to see this iconic locomotive – stay to public access spots!

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