{"id":504100,"date":"2025-10-16T12:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/504100\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:09:30","slug":"the-polar-express-is-full-steam-ahead-from-birmingham-this-festive-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/504100\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Polar Express\u2019 Is Full Steam Ahead From Birmingham This Festive Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/486760079_989574406650385_8853985209925819315_n-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"The Polar Express\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Vintage Trains<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>While divisive upon its release, no one could stop the runaway success of<strong> \u2018The Polar Express\u2019<\/strong>, or keep it from turning into an <strong>instant Christmas classic<\/strong>. The magical tale of a train heading for the North Pole that picks up a boy questioning his belief in Santa Claus includes all the festive feelings you could ask for!<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, rekindle how you felt on your first viewing (and see real-life magic light up your children\u2019s eyes) with <strong>a trip aboard The Polar Express<\/strong>. Vintage Trains brings the wonder of the <strong>2004 motion picture, theatrically re-created<\/strong> aboard a real steam engine, to Birmingham Moor Street.<\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19292\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"The Conductor abord The Polar Express\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/548181287_1124797453128079_5572730737024523467_n.jpg\"\/>Credit: Vintage Trains <\/p>\n<p>The<strong> two-hour performance<\/strong> (which includes time for selfies with the cast) includes hot chocolate, cookies and the <strong>first gift of Christmas<\/strong>\u2014a bell that only rings for those who believe in Christmas (handed out by Santa himself! You can also upgrade to a Premium ticket for a ceramic mug and gift bag.<\/p>\n<p> <b>When does the Polar Express embark?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The Polar Express train rides are <strong>every weekend from November 22 to December 23<\/strong> at Birmingham Moor Street, with four trains per day (five on December 20 and 21). These set off at 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 4.30pm, and 6.30pm (10.30 am also on December 20 and 21). And yes, before you ask, the <strong>steam engine does actually leave the station<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p> <b>How much does it cost?<\/b> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19294\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"A worker onboard The Polar Express\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/529389823_1094002212874270_3283169220077964022_n.jpg\"\/>Credit: Vintage Trains <\/p>\n<p>A <strong>standard ticket for two people starts from \u00a391.16<\/strong>, while for four it\u2019s from \u00a3182.32. A premium ticket for two, however, starts from \u00a3116.60, and a premium ticket for four is from \u00a3233.20. <strong>Children aged three and under can travel for free<\/strong> if they don\u2019t occupy a seat. To learn more about Vintage Trains\u2019 The Polar Express train rides, <a href=\"https:\/\/vintagetrains.co.uk\/train-rides\/polar-express\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/vintagetrains.co.uk\/train-rides\/polar-express\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-tracked=\"1\" data-category=\"click_sales\" data-cp_smn_source=\"secretbirmingham\" data-cp_smn_content=\"polar-express-birmingham-christmas-train-rides\" data-cp_smn_term=\"text_cta_0\">head here <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Vintage Trains Save While divisive upon its release, no one could stop the runaway success of \u2018The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,35745,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-504100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}