The Severn Valley Railway has announced that Flying Scotsman will be hauling trains for an extra day later this month.
On Monday, 28th July, Flying Scotsman will haul three return trips between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth, with no other services running on the line.
1,000 extra seats will go on sale at 10 am on the 8th July 2025, with standard and first class tickets available as well as an observation saloon.
SVR managing director, Jonathan ‘Gus’ Dunster said, ‘We are incredibly grateful to the National Railway Museum and Northern Steam Operations Limited for agreeing to this extension to 60103’s stay with us. Clearly, SVR supporters are hugely keen to travel behind this world-famous loco, and we want as many people as possible to be able to do that at the Severn Valley Railway.
‘It’s true that ‘Flying Scotsman’ doesn’t often run on heritage lines, and we are especially pleased that it will be with us, in our 60th anniversary year, to haul this season’s first full-line service on Friday 25 July, staying with us for an additional three more days. We’ll be reuniting the whole 16 miles of our line, following the repairs to the landslip at Mor Brook bridge.
‘On 26 and 27 July, ‘Flying Scotsman’ will be part of our Swinging Sixties event, with three additional steam-hauled services on offer including a double-header, plus a further heritage diesel-hauled service. Everyone attending will get plenty of opportunity to see ‘Flying Scotsman’ even if they haven’t been able to secure tickets to travel behind it.’
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