Inside UK's poshest train with champagne Christmas dinners served on board this winter

The 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle, erstwhile portion of the iconic Orient Express group, volition beryllium heading to Glasgow and Edinburgh this period and adjacent to springiness passengers a luxurious Christmas trip

Champagne aficionados are successful for a dainty adjacent period with the accidental to indulge successful a lavish seven-course Christmas luncheon portion speeding on astatine 70mph connected 1 of the globe's astir luxurious trains.

The Northern Belle, reminiscent of the 1930s Pullman carriages and erstwhile portion of the legendary Orient Express fleet, is acceptable to grace the UK this period and the next, offering an acquisition that echoes the aureate property of bid travel, implicit with a reddish carpet invited for its passengers.

You tin observe Christmas successful benignant with the bid leaving from 1 of aggregate UK centres starting from precocious November. The bid volition instrumentality passengers connected journeys from London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol and more, meaning nary substance wherever you are successful the state you tin get your sensation of luxury and presumption of the UK countryside.

Onboard amusement volition beryllium provided by the train's nonmigratory musicians, and a interaction of enchantment volition beryllium woven by a magician who volition execute his sleight of manus arsenic helium moves betwixt the carriages, reports Glasgow Live.

While securing a spot connected this exclusive travel comes with a hefty terms tag of £395, it includes some champagne and wine, not to notation a gourmet seven-course repast featuring delicacies similar caviar blinis and, naturally, a enactment of good cheeses.

A spokesperson for the Northern Belle commented connected the opulent escapade, saying: "You'd beryllium Christmas crackers to miss it, truthful it whitethorn inactive beryllium worthy checking for precocious cancellations."

They added: "We similar to deliberation the Northern Belle harks backmost to the aureate days of obstruction question an epoch erstwhile thing was excessively bully for the pampered passengers.

"We adjacent laic a reddish carpet crossed the presumption level earlier they committee and are handed their archetypal solid of champagne."

The Northern Belle has consistently been named 1 of the globe's premier trains, featuring carriages that were erstwhile portion of the illustrious Royal Train - 1 of which is adjacent whispered to location the preferred spot of the precocious Queen Mother.

The venerable Bill Nighy lauded the train's class, referring to it arsenic "the Grand Dame of luxury travel" during its quality connected Channel 5s 'The Worlds Most Scenic Railway Journeys'.

Come revel successful the splendour of the Northern Belle's Christmas Special, mounting disconnected from Glasgow astatine 11:40 americium and departing Edinburgh by 12:55 pm, with galore outings lined up for November and December full details tin beryllium discovered here.

Anticipation builds arsenic the bid plans its instrumentality to the 2 cities for luncheon and day beverage excursions successful July, followed by scenic voyages past Loch Lomond en way to Oban successful August.