Your chance to meet Santa on a steam train ride from London this Christmas.
Extremely good children can meet Santa on a steam train this Christmas; Steam Dreams is bringing back its Santa Steam Express for two days only in December 2024.
From Victoria station, you can board a festively-decorated vintage carriage pulled by an historic locomotive, and be welcomed with a drink and sweet treat before meeting Santa and his elves, and receiving a gift. (Presumably the only coal on this trip will be used to stoke the fire.) Guests also get a copy of the International Elf Service™ North Pole Star newspaper.
There are multiple trips on 20 and 21 December 2024, the experience lasting around 1 hour 30 minutes. Note that, given the journey time, the train doesn't venture far out of the London suburbs, as other Steam Dreams services do. Basically, you won't make it to the North Pole, but you should just about get to Harlesden.
Slots on the Santa Steam Express are divvied into three classes: Coach, Club and Private Compartments. Tickets start at £55pp, and some slots are already sold out. Find more info and book on the website.
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