The Railway Touring Company · Steam rail day trip

The Dorset Coast Express

The Dorset Coast Express, a rail journey with The Railway Touring Company

A summer steam day trip from London Victoria to Weymouth via Bournemouth, hauled by No. 34028 Eddystone.

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    London Victoria to Weymouth via Bournemouth

    Steam-hauled from London Victoria via Staines, Woking, Winchfield (water stop) and Basingstoke, then via Andover and Romsey to Southampton, reversing to continue diesel-hauled to Bournemouth, then past Poole Harbour, Wareham and Dorchester to Weymouth. Steam-hauled return via Southampton, Winchester and Basingstoke to Woking and Weybridge, arriving London Waterloo.

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