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Arundel Castle
Round-trip British Pullman day trip from London to Arundel Castle
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The Railway Touring Company · Rail day excursion
The Slate Miner
A one-day rail excursion from Oxford and the West Midlands to Blaenau Ffestiniog, diesel-hauled by a Colas Rail Class 56 freight locomotive over the Conwy Valley Line and the Lledr Valley.
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Oxford to Blaenau Ffestiniog via the Conwy Valley Line
The train heads from Oxford via Banbury and Leamington Spa to Birmingham New Street, then through the Black Country to Bescot where a Colas Rail Class 56 diesel locomotive takes over, via Wolverhampton and Stafford, along the West Coast Main Line to Crewe and across the Cheshire Plain to Chester, then along the North Wales coast through Prestatyn, Rhyl and Colwyn Bay to Llandudno Junction. Reversing onto the Conwy Valley Line, it follows the Afon Conwy through Llanrwst to Betws-y-Coed, then climbs the Lledr Valley over the Pont Gethin Viaduct and through the Blaenau tunnel to Blaenau Ffestiniog, with free time to visit the historic slate town before the train retraces its route to Oxford.
