Please find below details of the Spring 2009 Compass Tours programme, available to book from Monday morning. Info being mailed out as quickly as possible to all those already on the mailing list. Various diesel traction will be involved this year across the tours with booked engine details for each spring trip listed below.
Enquiry line is 0151 722 1147 and re-opens Monday 19th January, avail weekdays 10am onwards. Email -
info@compasstoursbyrail.co.uk and postal bookings should go to Compass Tours, 46 Hallville Road, Liverpool, L18 0HR. Tours will be listed on the website within the next few days when its been updated.
Saturday 28th March - Blackburn to Windsor & Eton Riverside
Picking up:
Blackburn, Bamber Bridge, Chorley, Bolton, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Macclesfield, Congleton, Stoke, Stafford, Lichfield TV, Tamworth & Nuneaton
via WCML & Kensington both ways
MOTIVE POWER = class 50 hauled throughout
£56 standard class & £86 first
Friday 17th April - Hooton to Pitlochry & Aviemore (with option to stay on to Inverness for v. short break while train is watered)
Picking up:
Hooton, Chester, Helsby, Frodsham, Warrington BQ, Wigan NW, Euxton & Preston
WCML, Mossend, Stirling, Perth & Highland ML both ways
MOTIVE POWER = tnt Riviera 47s throughout
£59 standard class & £89 first (£10 supplement to all passengers opting to stay on board to Inverness)
Saturday 18th April - Stafford to Carlisle
Picking up:
Stafford, Penkridge, Codsall, Telford, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Wem, Whitchurch, Nantwich & Crewe
Out via Shap, Return S&C + Clitheroe
MOTIVE POWER = tnt Riviera 47s throughout
£49 standard class & £79 first
Saturday 2nd May - Mossley Hill to Llandrindod + Cardiff (break in both)
Picking up:
Mossley Hill, Liverpool S. Parkway, Runcorn, Acton Bridge, Hartford, Winsford, Crewe, Nantwich, Whitchurch, Wem & Shrewsbury
Out via Heart of Wales + Swansea & District line, return via Marches
MOTIVE POWER = 2x DB Schenker (EWS) 37s throughout
£49 standard class & £79 first
Saturday 23rd May - Shrewsbury to Edinburgh
Picking up:
Shrewsbury, Wem, Whitchurch, Crewe, Wilmslow, Stockport, Manchester Piccadilly, Bolton, Horwich, Chorley & Leyland (extra stop at Preston-return only)
Out via Clitheroe, S&C, Beattock - return WCML to Preston
MOTIVE POWER = 40145 throughout
£56 standard class & £86 first
Bank Hol Monday 25th May - Holyhead to York (+optional Harrogate Loop tour)
Picking up:
Holyhead, Llanfairpwll, Bangor, Llandudno Jcn, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Flint & Chester
Routed Chat Moss, Manchester Vic & Calder Valley both ways
MOTIVE POWER = 40145 throughout
£49 standard class & £79 first (+ £10 supplement to anyone wanting to go around the Harrogate Loop as well)
Saturday 6th June - Preston to Exeter, Torquay & Paignton
Picking up:
Preston, Wigan NW, Warrington BQ, Crewe, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Tame Bridge P'way & Birmingham New St
Routed Cheltenham, Bristol & Taunton both ways
MOTIVE POWER = 2x West Coast Railways 37s throughout
£59 standard class & £89 first
Saturday 20th June - Carlisle to York, York-Carlisle-Manchester (circular)
Picking up:
Carlisle, Penrith, Oxenholme, Lancaster, Preston, Chorley, Horwich, Bolton & Manchester Victoria
Routed out Shap, Preston, Manchester & Standedge - return via Skipton, S&C, Carlisle, Shap & Preston, terminating Manchester on the return
MOTIVE POWER = 2x class 37s requested (details TBC)
£49 standard class & £79 first
Sunday 21st June - Crewe to Carlisle
Picking up:
Crewe, Hooton, Capenhurst, Chester, Helsby, Frodsham, Warrington BQ, Newton-le-Willows & Wigan NW
Out Shap, return S&C + Clitheroe
MOTIVE POWER = 2x class 37s requested (details TBC)
£49 standard class & £79 first
Please note I will try and advise more re: 20/21 June weekend once its confirmed to me but the pickups, routes and destinations are as shown so you can proceed to book if you wish.
Trains are ALL booked Crewe based Riviera mk2s for those who wish to know.
