The Railway Touring Company
The Edinburgh Christmas Market
1 dayfrom $160
The Railway Touring Company · Steam train day trip
The Edinburgh Christmas Market
A steam-hauled day trip from York to Edinburgh via Newcastle, Morpeth and the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick, with time to visit Edinburgh's Christmas Market, running on three dates.
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The Edinburgh Christmas Market
Steam hauled from York down the East Coast Main Line to Northallerton (locomotive builds to maximum speed on the straight alignment), then Durham and Newcastle to pick up passengers. North through Morpeth, a former LNER racetrack once the preserve of the A4 Pacifics, with coastal views of Bamburgh Castle and Lindisfarne Island through Northumberland. Crosses the 28-arch Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-on-Tweed (designed by Robert Stephenson) into Scotland, then climbs to Grantshouse (1 in 190/200) through the Scottish Borders to Edinburgh. Time to visit the city and its Christmas Market in Princes Street Gardens, plus the Palace of Holyrood, the Castle on the Royal Mile, galleries and museums, while the locomotive is serviced. Steam hauled return retracing the outward route, including the southbound climb to Grantshouse (1 in 96 for over four miles), setting down at Newcastle, Durham and York. Father Christmas and his Elves visit the train handing out presents to children.
