{"id":554476,"date":"2025-11-07T05:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554476\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T05:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T05:42:15","slug":"britains-poshest-train-is-bringing-a-new-festive-experience-to-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/554476\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s ‘poshest train’ is bringing a new festive experience to Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bill Nighy describes the Northern Belle as ‘the grand dame of luxury travel’\"PeriodThe luxury train offers a taste of opulent 1930s style(Image: TimMcGuinness\/ChronicleLive)<\/p>\n

The Northern Belle is said to be ‘Britain’s poshest train’ and it’s coming to Birmingham<\/a> for a special festive treat.<\/p>\n

Passengers have the chance to climb aboard the prestigious train from Birmingham International to embark upon a luxury journey to get you into the festive spirit.<\/p>\n

Recently voted one of world\u2019s top five trains by the readers of the prestigious Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveller magazine, this fancy steam train was also featured on a Channel 5<\/a> programme where narrator Bill Nighy described it as ‘the grand dame of luxury travel’.<\/p>\n

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From the red carpet arrival on the platform to champagne and canapes, guests get to settle back in an armchair to relax as the wintery countryside whizzes by.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Northern Belle steam service on the scenic Settle-Carlisle line<\/p>\n

The journey includes a seven course Christmas<\/a> meal with wine, an award-winning cheeseboard and glass of port followed by Fortnum & Mason tea or a special Northern Belle coffee, along with some delicate petits fours.<\/p>\n

There will also be on board entertainment, including a conjuror performing tricks as he moves from table to table and musicians playing festive tunes.<\/p>\n

The event takes place on Sunday December 14 and there are options to catch the train from both Birmingham International and Coventry stations.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Northern Belle said: “Christmas is coming and our special Festive Lunch will sleigh you as the Northern Belle meanders majestically through the wintry countryside.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a Christmas cracker of a trip, full of good cheer from the moment you step onto the red carpet laid across the station platform.<\/p>\n

“Once aboard, you\u2019ll be welcomed by our attentive stewards with Champagne and canap\u00e9s, including our delicious caviar blinis.<\/p>\n

“Then settle back into your comfortable armchair, pull one of our Christmas crackers and prepare for a sumptuous seven-course festive feast served with the finest wines.”<\/p>\n

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He added: “We round the meal off with a freshly prepared seasonal dessert before bringing round our award-winning cheeseboard, accompanied by a glass of delightful Port.<\/p>\n

“Finally, relax with a cup of Fortnum & Mason tea or a special Northern Belle coffee, along with some delicate petits fours.<\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t forget \u2014 our musicians will be playing festive tunes to get you in the Christmas spirit, while our onboard conjuror, who wanders from table to table, always has a few seasonal tricks up his sleeve.”<\/p>\n

Tickets cost \u00a3395 per person and are selling fast. Find out more and book via the Northern Belle<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Nighy describes the Northern Belle as ‘the grand dame of luxury travel’The luxury train offers a taste…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":554477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[12323,748,35745,393,4884,1144,712,16818,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-554476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-birmingham-mums","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-christmas","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-northern-ireland","16":"tag-scotland","17":"tag-things-to-do-in-birmingham","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115506823311123928","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554476","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=554476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}