The Royal Scotsman

The Royal Scotsman is a luxury passenger train in Scotland. The train operates from April to October from Edinburgh Waverley station to the Scottish Highlands. Up to 36 people can be accommodated during the three -to eight -day trip to the elitist nostalgia. When receiving ritual passengers go to the station, accompanied by a bagpiper, over a red carpet in the coming of the end of the 19th century train. The cars were modernized in 1985 taken from the Great Scottish & Western Railway Company in operation.

The Royal Scotsman has two dining cars, "Victory" with two and four tables, "Raven" with tables for six and eight people. Both the dining car are paneled in mahogany, for passengers, there is a strict dress code. The saloon car with comfortable sofas and chairs has several panoramic windows and an outdoor terrace. In the four sleeping cars, the twin and single compartments are equipped with shower and toilet. At night, the train stops at either on a side track or a train station.

The locomotive pulls the bordeaux red cars on their way through the Highlands on the high moors of Rannoch and the 1344 meter high Ben Nevis over and drives over a 380 meter long Glenfinnan viaduct at Loch Shiel.

The train will be accompanied on the tour by a coach who takes the passengers to the held daily excursions. We will visit local fishermen, private mansions, whiskey distilleries, a salmon smokehouse, the Highland Games in Mallaig and Eilean Donan Castle.

The Royal Scotsman is not to be confused with another train of similar name, the Flying Scotsman. The latter is a passenger train that runs all year round exclusively between London King 's Cross Station and Edinburgh Waverley Station.