The first half of the 2010 Compass Tours programme is now out up until early-July, with bookings being taken from Monday when the office re-opens. Below was posted on WNXX by Kevin47827...
Saturday 27th March
To LLANDRINDOD & CARDIFF (outwards via the Heart of Wales, return Chepstow)
Picking up: Preston, Chorley, Bolton, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Macclesfield, Stoke & Stafford
Hauled by a DBS class 66
£55 standard class & £85 first
Wednesday 7th April
To CARLISLE (out via the S&C, returning Cumbrian Coast)
Picking up: Crewe, Winsford, Hartford, Acton Bridge, Runcorn, South Parkway, Mossley Hill, Liverpool Lime St, Prescot, St Helens Central, Garswood & Wigan NW
Hauled by top n' tail DRS 47s (train is operated by DRS)
£49 standard class & £79 first
Saturday 1st May
To LLANDRINDOD & CARDIFF (outwards via Heart of Wales, return Marches)
Picking up: Stafford, Rugeley Town, Hednesford, Cannock, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Codsall, Telford & Wellington
Hauled by DBS class 66
£55 standard class & £85 first
Monday 3rd May
To DUNDEE with optional add-on tour to Aberdeen (out via Forth & Tay Bridges)
Picking up: Crewe, Warrington, Wigan, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle & Lockerbie
Hauled by a class 67
FARE TO DUNDEE £59 standard class & £89 first (£10 reduction on all fares from Penrith/Carlisle/Lockerbie)
£10 supplement payable from all stations for the add-on option to Aberdeen
Saturday 29th May
To CARLISLE (out via S&C, returning Cumbrian Coast)
Picking up: Hooton, Chester, Delamere, Northwich, Knutsford, Altrincham, Stockport, Denton, Manchester Victoria & Bolton
Hauled by a class 67
£49 standard class & £79 first
Monday 31st May
To FORT WILLIAM (via West Highland for "short" break)
Picking up: Wigan, Euxton, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith, Carlisle & Lockerbie
Hauled by class 67 (swapping at Braidhurst for RETB loco)
£69 standard class & £99 first (£10 reduction on all fares from Penrith/Carlisle/Lockerbie)
PLEASE BE AWARE IF CONSIDERING BOOKING THIS TRIP - TIMINGS WILL INVOLVE A PARTICULARY EARLY START + LATE FINISH AT SOME STATIONS (moreso those south of Penrith)
Saturday 5th June
To LLANDRINDOD & CARDIFF (out via Heart of Wales, returning Marches)
Picking up from: Holyhead, Llanfairpwll, Bangor, Llandudno Jcn, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Flint, Chester, Crewe, Nantwich, Whitchurch, Wem & Shrewsbury
Hauled by DBS class 66
£55 standard class & £85 first (£6 reduction on these fares for passengers boarding between Crewe & Shrewsbury)
Friday 18th June
To DUNDEE (out via Forth & Tay Bridges)
Picking up from: Nuneaton, Atherstone, Tamworth, Lichfield, Stoke, Kidsgrove, Alsager, Crewe & Warrington
Hauled by class 67
£59 standard class & £89 first
Sunday 20th June
* THIS TRAIN WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINALLY GOING ELSEWHERE BUT DUE TO VARIOUS LINES BEING CLOSED THIS ALTERNATIVE ITINERARY WILL BE AN OLD DAY-TRIPPER FAVOURITE WITH A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE *
To EDINBURGH (out via WCML, return via ECML - circular tour terminating Preston at night)
Picking up from: York, Leeds, Huddersfield, Stalybridge, Ashton, Manchester Victoria, Bolton, Westhoughton, Wigan, Euxton, Leyland & Preston (train starts at YORK on morning leg)
Hauled by 40145
£59 standard class & £89 first
Saturday 3rd July
To TROON & AYR (via GS&W northbound, returning Beattock)
Picking up from: Broad Green, Prescot, St Helens Central, Garswood, Wigan, Euxton, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith & Carlisle
Motive Power Details to be announced over the winter
(currently a number of options are available – but there is a strong chance this train will be class 47 hauled at present)
FARES: £59 standard class & £89 first (£10 reduction on these fares from Penrith + Carlisle)
Link to source:
http://www.wnxxforum.com/interactive/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10090
P.S. I hope the mods don't mind me posting the link, it was merely to make available the source of the info.
Will need to book soonish to get cheap flights.
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I meant specific traction!! Surely if it was 37s it would say, I hope its not 57s, after the last time Spitfire used one!
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