Network Rail has announced the locations that the new Inspiration train will visit in 2025.
The train has been designed alongside the National Railway Museum to celebrate Railway 200.
The train will be launched at the Severn Valley Railway on the 27th June before criss-crossing Britain for 12 months.
The 2026 tour hasn’t been confirmed yet but will be unveiled later in 2025.
Tickets to board the train are free and are available now.
The 2025 tour will see the train visit:
| Date | Destination |
| 27 June – 6 July | Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster, Worcestershire |
| 8 – 10 July | Birmingham Moor Street station |
| 12 – 15 July | London Euston station |
| 18 – 19 July | London Waterloo station |
| 20 – 21 July | Margate station, Kent |
| 23 – 29 July | Bluebell Railway, Sussex |
| 1 – 3 August | Alstom’s Litchurch Lane site, Derby (for The Greatest Gathering) |
| 7 – 10 August | Norwich station, Norfolk |
| 11 – 14 August | Lowestoft station, Suffolk |
| 16 – 17 August | Freightliner Doncaster Railport, South Yorkshire |
| 23 – 31 August | National Railway Museum, York (as part of the NRM’s 50th birthday) |
| 10 – 17 Sept | Darlington station, County Durham (as part of S&DR200) |
| 20 Sept – 1 Oct | Locomotion museum, Shildon, County Durham (as part of S&DR200) |
| 4 October | Hitachi Open Day, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham |
| 5 – 7 October | North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Grosmont |
| 11 – 12 October | Glasgow Central station |
| 13 – 14 October | Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway |
| 16 – 17 October | Strathspey Railway |
| 19 – 20 October | Aberdeen station |
| 22 – 23 October | Edinburgh Waverley station |
| 25 Oct – 2 Nov | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, West Yorkshire (as part of Bradford UK City of Culture) |
| 4 -7 November | Blackpool North station, Lancashire |
| 24 – 29 November | West Somerset Railway, Bishops Lydeard |
| 8 – 13 December | London Paddington station |
| 14 -16 December | Southampton station |
| 18 – 20 December | London Victoria station |
Network Rail says that Llanduno will be added in November when dates are confirmed.
“This special exhibition train is set to become a new, national visitor attraction, providing an unforgettable experience for hundreds of thousands of people across Britain, including many schoolchildren. It will excite, enlighten, entertain and inspire them to take a fresh look at the railway, as part of its anniversary celebration.”
Emma Roberts, programme manager for Railway 200, the cross-sector, Government-backed bicentenary campaign
Responses
Every capital in the uk bar one and wales doesn’t even get a look in the home of the birth of the steam engine and Richard Trevithick shame on you
Good news! Hoping it’s coming to Penzance🤞