The Railway Touring Company · Steam day trip

The Swanage Belle

The Swanage Belle, a rail journey with The Railway Touring Company

A steam-hauled day trip from London Victoria to the seaside town of Swanage, using the reopened Wareham to Swanage heritage rail link.

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    London Victoria to Swanage

    Steam-hauled departure from London Victoria (picking up at Clapham Junction*, Brentford, Staines, Woking and Basingstoke), via Winchester, Southampton, Bournemouth and Poole to Wareham, then the reopened heritage link past Corfe Castle to Swanage. Around three hours free time in Swanage before the diesel/steam-hauled return via Romsey and Salisbury to London Victoria late evening. *Clapham Junction is an option to disembark on the return only.

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