Luxury train set to visit Dorset this Tuesday

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Class 47 and the Statesman at York
Class 47 and the Statesman at York // Credit: Bradley Langton

The Statesman train is set to visit Dorset this Tuesday (1st September 2026).

The train will be hauled by heritage Class 47 diesel locomotives and will depart Norwich at 06:26.

The train will pass through Diss (06:55), Stowmarket (07:12), Ipswich (07:28), Manningtree (07:45), Colchester (07:56), Chelmsford (08:28), Shenfield (08:41), Stratford (London) (09:18), Acton Central (10:08), Woking (11:03), Eastleigh (11:48), Bournemouth (12:48), Poole (13:01) and Weymouth at 13:39.

After time in Weymouth, the train will leave for Norwich at 15:35 and will pass through Poole (16:16), Bournemouth (16:30), Southampton Central (17:08), Winchester (17:26), Chertsey (18:21), Acton Central (19:13), Stratford (London) (20:08), Shenfield (20:34), Chelmsford (20:47), Colchester (21:10), Manningtree (21:32), Ipswich (21:47), Stowmarket (22:05), Diss (22:25) and Norwich at 22:54.

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