A rail operator has suspended its Settle to Carlisle tourist service for 2022 due to ‘extraordinary difficult trading conditions’
Rail Charter Services Ltd launched the service, which stops in Appleby, two years ago.
The fully-first class, five carriage-long train with an onboard chef took people on day trips along the iconic route over the Pennines and Yorkshire Dales.
The redesigned InterCity 125 model, dubbed the Staycation Express, will commence running two return services a day, six days a week from July 17 until September 9 and will stop at Carlisle, Appleby, Skipton and Settle.
It was run by Adrian Quine, who also founded the project.
But a statement on its website said: “Unfortunately owing to extraordinary difficult trading conditions we have had to take the difficult decision to suspend our Settle-Carlisle tourist rail services in 2022.
“The current economic conditions have created the perfect storm of high costs while at the same time all the indicators point to constrained demand as people tighten their belts during this unprecidented time of economic uncertainty.
“We would like to thank all our loyal passengers and hope to see you back on board in 2023!”
The Staycation Express is Britain’s first timetabled tourist train running on public tracks.
