Luxury train heading to huddersfield station for £500-a-head trip

A piper dressed in a tartan kilt will play an early morning tune as one of the world’s most luxurious trains glides into Huddersfield railway station next month. Then a red carpet will be

rolled out over the platform as passengers board the gleaming 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle before being shown to their seats by liveried stewards. And by the time the train starts to

pull out again at precisely 7.50am on Thursday, July 17, they will already be sipping their first glass of champagne ready for a three-course brunch. The 200 passengers are paying almost

£500 each for a day out in Edinburgh aboard the Northern Belle. Now, that might sound like a lot of money, but this is no ordinary train. A spokesman explained: “We won’t only be taking

people to Edinburgh, we will also be transporting them back to the golden days of rail travel. To an era when nothing was too good for the pampered passenger.” Actor Bill Nighy described the

train as “the Grand Dame of luxury travel” when it featured on Channel 5 last year while a journalist once likened it to “Downton on wheels”. The train is owned by Huddersfield businessman

David Pitts. Formerly part of the iconic Orient Express group, it even has its own resident musicians to serenade passengers during the six-course slap-up evening meal with wine which will

be served on the way home from Scotland. And to add an extra touch of magic, a conjuror will be getting up to his tricks as he wanders from table to table through the train. Passengers will

also have the option, once the train reaches Edinburgh, of travelling on to visit the former Royal Yacht Britannia which is berthed nearby at Leith. The Northern Belle will make the same

journey from Huddersfield again in August when passengers will have the added bonus of being able to visit the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Then in December there will be a slap-up Christmas

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