The Jacobite - STEAM TRAIN RIDE

mitchell

Taking my girlfriend for our anniversary to scotland for the weekend whilst there im planning on booking a steam train trip through for william ect...

Im having problems trying to plan a cheap route from any london train station to fort william

does anyone have any tips to make it cheap or know if it may be better to get a train to glasgow then fort william

many thanks

dzug1

You are probably trying to book too early - assuming this is the end of June or later when the Jacobite commences weekend operations then cheap rail fares from London won't be released yet - I'd guess you need to wait another month for that.

alanrowell

Cheap tickets have only been released up till 4th June. Keep monitoring on http://eastcoast.co.uk/

Consider also the FirstScotRail Caledonian Sleeper service - it might look expensive but it gets you into Fort William in the morning rather than late afternoon

urtvnews

I have taken the trip many times and it is amazing! well worth the money, here is some recent footage of the steam train in all its glory (complete with a wee chat with the train driver!)

Just type helensburgh.tv into your URL bar and go to the steam train story!

Mark_Hewitt

The train is good - but I'd personally recommend driving the route to Mallaig instead, then getting on the ferry to Armadale and coming back via the Skye bridge and A87 Of course it's not as romantic as the train journey, but it's one of the best drives in the UK.