The Shakespeare Express
Posted: 11:43 Sunday 9th November 2025
Today, Sunday 9 November 2025, Vintage trains 'The Shakespeare Express' operated from Worcester Shrub Hill platform 2 to Stratford-on-Avon via Birmingham Snow Hill with GWR Castle Class locomotive 7029 'Clun Castle' in charge. The empty coach stock was hauled into the station by preserved class 47 diesel 47773. The train will work back to Worcester steam hauled this evening.