World famous steam locomotive Flying Scotsman will be back in steam on the mainline and will be in London on Thursday 31st May 2018.
The A3 locomotive is on a special railtour today. 60103 is hauling two Cathedrals Express circulars today. The first one sees the locomotive travel from London Paddington to London Victoria via Oxford, and the second one is a London Victoria to London Victoria circular via Crystal Palace.
The steam locomotive will depart London Paddington at approximately 12:23.
The railtour will then leave London Paddington, bound for Oxford, where it will steam through the station at 14:50.
Arriving at London Victoria 17:16, Flying Scotsman will be prepared for the second railtour until its departure at 19:07, where it will then head for West Brompton and Kensington Olympia and its destination of Shalford.
Departing Shalford at 21:40, the train will then make its way via Crystal Palace back to its final destination of London Victoria
Timings
For timings on these movements, please click the links below:
- Railtour 1:Â 1Z72 1223 London Paddington to London Victoria via Princes Risborough, Oxford, Reading and West Ealing
- Railtour 2Â Outbound: 1Z75 1907 London Victoria to Shalford via Brentford and Woking
- Railtour 2 Return: 1Z76 2140 Shalford to London Victoria via East Croydon and Crystal Palace
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