Poo plea to Jacobite steam train bosses
Glenfinnan Station Museum says it has been forced to open the museum toilet to try to minimise the biohazard of human excrement still being dumped on the line.
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A thousand passengers a day booking summer tickets says Jacobite steam train operator
Bosses of the Jacobite – which doubled as the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter movies – planned to replace 72-year-old locomotive ‘Lord of the Isles’ with a diesel engine due to worries about fire risk in dry trackside vegetation. But rain saved the day.
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Hardly magic for rail workers as Jacobite train releases sewage onto line
However, operators of what are classed as ‘heritage’ carriages, such as those hauled by the Jacobite have a dispensation that allows the practice to continue until 2023.
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Glenfinnan station passenger numbers keep rising
But Fort William and Mallaig both posted percentage falls, although passenger numbers still performed reasonably well.
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Jacobite steam train finishes a week early due to Covid situation
The spokesman would not reveal when the two steam locomotives would haul the vintage carriages back to WCR’s depot at Carnforth in Lancashire.
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‘Harry Potter’ steam train departure from Lochaber shrouded in secrecy
The Jacobite route between Fort William and Mallaig over the spectacular Glenfinnan Viaduct is regularly voted one of the world’s greatest railway journeys.
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Jacobite train firm refutes virus allegations
A ScotRail spokesperson told the Lochaber Times an alleged confrontation at Fort William station.
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Jacobite Express steam train to also skip stopping at Arisaig
All passengers will have to wear face masks on board the Jacobite this summer and in order to maintain on-board social distancing, the buffet car will remain closed. Instead there will be a trolley serving refreshments.
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Blackford behaving ‘like Lord Voldemort’ alleges Jacobite train operator
The operator of the Jacobite steam train, which doubled as the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter movies, has accused Lochaber MP Ian Blackford of acting like the famous boy wizard’s sworn enemy Lord Voldemort after a row over bookings during the coronavirus lockdown.