Why is the Tornado 10 Year anniversary railtour cancelled?

[AnthonyRail]

Any idea why the tornado tour around uk anniversary for 10 year is cancelled

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Any idea why the tornado tour around uk anniversary for 10 year is cancelled

If that's the big railtour with the luxury train... lack of bookings.

 

[alexl92]

The £30k per passenger one? I have to say that as much as I 100% support the A1 trust and everything they do, I am slightly relieved. If it had been a roaring success it could have tempted other companies to go the same way and focus on luxury railtours, making the market unaffordable to the average punter.

 

[Pete_uk]

Get that loco on High Speed One and let her go!

 

[hexagon789]

Get that loco on High Speed One and let her go!

Very tempting, but the extra steep gradients might prove a challenge.

 

[Cowley]

Very tempting, but the extra steep gradients might prove a challenge.

Yeah definitely. It’d be like the circus train on Dumbo...

 

[hexagon789]

Yeah definitely. It’d be like the circus train on Dumbo...

Ha ha, I'd pay to try that! (Tornado on HS2, not the Dumbo circus train that is.)

 

[DavidCarbonis]

It was pulled by the tour promoter (Golden Eagle Luxury Trains) due to bookings not being where they were projected to be. If it had gone ahead I wouldn't have been too worried regarding the market focusing on luxury railtours only - we have less pricey luxury railtours currently (thinking Royal Scotsman and Grand Hibernian) and despite that there are plenty of more "affordable" tours.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

I had a brochure from A1 yesterday advertising a number of Tornado's Trips for this year and early next.