1986 - Britain by Train
20 odd days around the UK by train.
Thursday 2 October 1986 - Tuesday 21 October 1986
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1986 Brit Rail Pass
& 1986 Canada
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Thursday 2 October
Train 1 - Chirk (Shropshire) to Chester.
Train 2 - Chester to Crewe.
Train 3 - Crewe to Oxenholme.
Train 4 - Oxenholme to Windermere.
Friday 3 October
In Windermere and Ambleside.
Saturday 4 October
Train 5 - Windermere to Oxenholme.
Train 6 - Oxenholme to Lancaster.
Train 7 - Lancaster to Carlisle (via coastal line).
Sunday 5 October
In Carlisle, Vindolanda on Hadrian's Wall, Once Brewed, Housesteads Fort.
Monday 6 October
Train 8 - Carlisle to Edinburgh.
Tuesday 7 October
Day in Edinburgh.
Wednesday 8 October
Train 9 - Edinburgh to Aberdeen.
Train 10 Aberdeen to Inverness.
Thursday 9 October
Train 11 - Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh.
Ferry to Kyleakin on Isle of Skye.
Friday 10 October
Bus from Kyleakin to Armadale.
Ferry to Mallaig.
Train 12 - Mallaig to Fort William.
Train 13 - Fort William to Glasgow.
Train 14 - Glasgow to Edinburgh.
Saturday 11 October
Train 15 - Edinburgh to York.
Sunday 12 October
Day in York.
Monday 13 October
Train 16 - York to Doncaster.
Train 17 - Doncaster to Lincoln.
Tuesday 14 October
Train 18 - Lincoln to Newark.
Train 19 - Newark to Peterborough.
Train 20 - Peterborough to Norwich.
Wednesday 15 October
Train 21 - Norwich to Ely.
Train 22 - Ely to Cambridge.
Train 23 - Cambridge to London.
Thursday 16 October
Train 24 - London to Exeter St Davids
Train 25 - Exeter St Davids to Exeter Central
Friday 17 October
Train 26 - Exeter St Davids to Plymouth.
Train 27 - Plymouth to Penzance.
Saturday 18 October
Bus to Land's End and back.
Sunday 19 October
Train 28 - Penzance to Plymouth.
Train 29 - Plymouth to Exeter St David's.
Train 30 - Exeter St David's to Salisbury.
Train 31 - Salisbury to Bristol.
Monday 20 October
Train 32 - Bristol to Swansea.
Train 33 - Swansea to Shrewsbury via Heart of Wales line.
Tuesday 21 October
Train 34 - Shrewsbury to Miniffordd via mid Wales.
Train 35 - Miniffordd - Blaenau Ffestiniog via narrow gauge Festiniog railway.
Train 36 - Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno Junction.
Train 37 - Llandudno Junction to Chester.
Train 38 - Chester to Chirk.
In all, a very quick trip around the UK getting money's worth from the rail pass.
Posted by nzhamsta 00:00 Archived in United Kingdom Tagged trains
