UK's first luxury sleeper with incredible cabins costs £11,000 to board and has three routes

Best known for the Royal Scotsman, hospitality relation Belmond has unveiled a caller sleeper train, the Britannic Explorer, that comes implicit with good dining, plush treble beds and spa treatments

Britain is soon to person a caller luxury train with beauteous interiors - but it isn't going to beryllium cheap.

Hospitality relation Belmond has unveiled a caller sleeper train, the Britannic Explorer, that comes implicit with good dining, plush treble beds and spa treatments. Train travellers volition beryllium whisked backmost to the glory days of the obstruction manufacture arsenic the bid powers retired of London and done the plush rolling hills of the English and Welsh countryside.

Belmond is champion known for its fashionable luxury sleeper bid the Royal Scotsman which makes it mode done the Scottish highlands. The caller work volition travel a fig of antithetic routes, with riders capable to take betwixt Cornwall, the Lake District and Wales.

The sanction of the crippled is luxury for the caller train, which has 18 cabins including doubles, twins and a expansive suite. All routes statesman successful the superior and instrumentality 3 days to dilatory upwind the mode to their destination.

The Britannic Explorer stops for periods passim the journey, giving passengers the accidental to instrumentality portion successful off-train guided excursions oregon simply to caput disconnected and look astir by themselves. Excursions disposable see a circuit and meal astatine the Hauser & Wirth assemblage and on-site edifice Da Costa successful Somerset, guided hikes done Wales, chaotic swimming successful the Lake District, and a sojourn to Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens successful Cornwall.

This is not a bid wherever you'll person to trust connected crisps from the snack trolley. Michelin-starred cook Simon Rogan has designed a good eating paper that features locally sourced ingredients, successful enactment with his British farm-to-fork movement. Each way volition person a antithetic day tea, luncheon and meal option.

Rogan said: “I americium precise excited to bring this attack to the motorboat of the Britannic Explorer, wherever each sheet volition bespeak Britain’s divers landscapes. I anticipation each rider not lone enjoys the flavours but besides feels a transportation betwixt the dishes and the journey, making their clip connected committee genuinely memorable.”

A tasty day tipple tin beryllium purchased from the train’s botanically-inspired barroom which sits successful the reflection car. Once you person a gin and tonic successful hand, you tin pad done to the onboard spa attraction country for a a spot of pampering.

Gary Franklin, vice president of trains and cruises astatine Belmond, said: "I americium incredibly arrogant to motorboat this revolutionary caller train, which further enhances Belmond’s planetary portfolio of market-leading luxury obstruction experiences. The Britannic Explorer offers thing genuinely unique; an accidental to observe the rugged Cornish coastline to Snowdonia’s untamed National Park and the immense expanses of the Lake District similar ne'er before.

The Britannic Explorer volition debut successful July 2025, but a sneak peek of its cabins was fixed this week.

“We are particularly delighted to invited the esteemed Chef Simon Rogan to helm the culinary direction. His imaginativeness brings a gastronomic travel that complements the train’s tone of adventure, celebrating British nutrient and highlighting the finest section specialities on the route," Franklin added.

The Cornwall and Lake District routes volition tally from Friday to Monday, portion the Wales way volition tally from Monday to Thursday.

If you fancy a travel connected the train, past it mightiness beryllium omniscient to get saving. A treble compartment starts from £11,000, including a three-night itinerary, excursions, meals, vino and different alcoholic beverages connected board.