Vintage Trains is celebrating winning two awards this month by offering passengers discounts on tickets for its Easter tours.

Vintage won the Heritage Railway Association’s Manisty Award for Excellence, which is named after preservation pioneer Captain Peter Manisty, at the HRA’s annual awards ceremony held in Llandudno in North Wales on Saturday 7 March. The award recognised Vintage Trains’ efforts in operating the replica Locomotion No. 1 in a recreation of the first locomotive-hauled train journey. This event was held last year as part of Railway 200, the industry’s celebration of two centuries of the modern railway.

At the West Midlands Tourism Awards, Vintage won a Silver award in the ‘Experience of the Year’ category for its Shakespeare Express service. The Shakespeare Express service runs between Birmingham and the playwright’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon, and travels along the Shakespeare Line and the Chiltern Main Line.

In celebration of these two awards, Vintage Trains is reducing the price of both Standard and Pullman class tickets by one-fifth on all eligible journeys in the spring. It opened the offer for new bookings on Wednesday 25 March, and will close it on Friday 10 April 2026. However, the operator is advising the public that only a limited number of tickets are available for its tours that take place over the Easter weekend, and it expects tickets to sell quickly.

Vintage Trains runs train journeys on the main line from the West Midlands, with services hauled by classic locomotives. Standard class travel provides passengers with the experience of riding behind a working locomotive while enjoying some of the country’s most memorable main line routes. In addition, Pullman class passengers benefit from a classic on-board experience, which includes table service and heritage railway décor.

Passengers may not combine this offer with other offers or with group rates. The discounts do not apply retrospectively to bookings that have already been made.

Prospective passengers can see the full details of all journeys on the Vintage Trains website.