Inside Track Railway Holidays

Inside Track Railway Holidays Railway touring company focusing on nostalgic travel with an emphasis on fun

We offer a packaged holiday with the central theme to all our holidays being nostalgic transport and in particular steam trains, A healthy dose of scenic attractions, museums and local interests make our holidays always varied and most importantly loads of fun- Fun being the key note.

Inside Track Railway Holidays Brittany Island Hop ended with an earlish start to get home nice and early too! Upstairs ...
27/08/2026

Inside Track Railway Holidays Brittany Island Hop ended with an earlish start to get home nice and early too! Upstairs seats on a TGV Duplex took us to Paris Montparnasse before another fantastic coach transfer past and through various famous Paris landmarks to Gare du Nord and the Eurostar back to London.

It was an early start and a late finish, but the Brittany Island Hop to Jersey is one epic Inside Track Railway Holidays...
25/08/2026

It was an early start and a late finish, but the Brittany Island Hop to Jersey is one epic Inside Track Railway Holidays day!

DFDS catamaran from St Malo to us to St Helier and by just after 9am, much of the group was blowing away the cobwebs with a walk on the trackbed of the Jersey Railway and then at Corbiere watch tower.

We then made our way around the coast to the incredible Jersey War Tunnels, movingly telling the story of the Island's occupation during WWII.

A lunch stop in St Helier set down next to the old Jersey Railway terminus before we followed the Jersey Eastern Railway to Gory.

We then struck inland again to the amazing Pallot Steam and General Museum - the lifetime's collection of Islander Don Pallot, who has been voted the greatest ever Jersey resident. Don's youngest daughter Liz welcomed us having opened especially for us and we enjoyed the hugely varied collection of rail and road steam locomotives, farm machinery, motor vehicles, surviving coaches from both Jersey Railway companies, motor vehicles, organs and all sorts!

After an early evening meal at Les Fontaines on the north Coast of Jersey, we made our way back top St Helier for the catamaran back to St Malo and a late night/early morning coach pick-up[ back to our hotel at Rennes - a long but satisfying day!

Sunday on the Brittany Island Hop and we successfully sought out steam!First, it was a Sunday morning drive to Châteaubr...
24/08/2026

Sunday on the Brittany Island Hop and we successfully sought out steam!

First, it was a Sunday morning drive to Châteaubriant and a very not open SNCF station! This was mainly due to the first SNCF train of the day to Rennes not being until the afternoon. We, however, wanted a train tram to Nantes and this duly came in for a quick reverse on an hour's journey to Nantes - a city that was historically not only a part of Brittany but a seat of the Duke of Brittany. Today, it is the capital of Loire.

After a lunch break and chance to explore, we rejoined our coach and headed for the Chemin de Fer du Vendée and our 22 kilometre steam hauled trip to Les Herbiers across stunning viaducts and through rolling French countryside.

From here, it was sit back and relax and a couple of hours later, we were back in Rennes.

Saturday on the Brittany Island Hop saw a relaxed start with a coach trip to Guingamp for the picturesque branch line, o...
23/08/2026

Saturday on the Brittany Island Hop saw a relaxed start with a coach trip to Guingamp for the picturesque branch line, originally metre then dual gauge, to Paimpol - the Trieux Valley Railway. Part of this was meant to be a steam highlight of the holiday but the long dry spell meant we could only admire the cold steam locomotive at Paimpol.

We made our way through this popular harbour to the coach at Point de L'Arcouest for the boat to the Ile de Bréhat - the long way around, before, in a possible Inside Track first, actually landing on the Ile for a short while.

We then headed back towards Rennes via another Inside Track first - a visit to the Chemin de Fer de Baie de St Brieuc. This amazing spot is on the site of an old brickworks and hosts a museum dedicated to the brickworks, the extensive Breton Metre Gauge network and local history, a collection of metre gauge stock, hopes go rebuild part of one of the metre gauge lines - and a 40cm gauge railway, which was great fun, as well as a lovely location right next to the Baie.

Finally, it was back to Rennes after a full but varied day.

Day 2 of the Brittany Island Hop took us by summer only service to Quiberon - which has a very busy daily service for ju...
22/08/2026

Day 2 of the Brittany Island Hop took us by summer only service to Quiberon - which has a very busy daily service for just 2 months of the year - and then by coach to the Carnac Alignments for a very informative talk and walk around the 7 millennia old alignments.

In an absolute downpour, we made our way to Vannes and fortunately the sun came back out by the time we took our petite train trip around the ancient town. Finally, it was train back to Rennes.

The first full day in Brittany saw the Brittany Island Hop head north to the pretty medieval town of Dinan but once we h...
21/08/2026

The first full day in Brittany saw the Brittany Island Hop head north to the pretty medieval town of Dinan but once we have fought our way through market day traffic, we headed first to the art deco Dinan Station and the amazing Musée du Rail. The enthusiastic volunteers showed around their incredible collection of model railways and railwayana before we lunched in the pretty centre of the town before heading further north to the Rance Barrage - Europe's largest tidal hydro electric project.

Finally, we made it to St Malo to wander its ramparts and reconstructed streets (the old town was 80% destroyed during its 1944 liberation and later rebuilt) as well as admiring Midshipman Hornblower's ship in the harbour before taking a TER back to Rennes.

Day One of Inside Track Railway Holidays' Brittany Island Hop took us by Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Gare d...
20/08/2026

Day One of Inside Track Railway Holidays' Brittany Island Hop took us by Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord, from where our coach transfer across town to Paris Montepasse took in some rather familiar sights thanks to our excellent driver!

Montepasse is not the place it was at the time of the infamous accident but now is Paris's answer to Birmingham New Street! The time soon passes and we were on our TGV to Rennes for the short stroll to our hotel and chance to explore the capital of Brittany!

Day Two of the North Yorkshire Pullman we started close to our Northallerton base with a full length run on the Wensleyd...
09/08/2026

Day Two of the North Yorkshire Pullman we started close to our Northallerton base with a full length run on the Wensleydale Railway from Leeming Bar to Leyburn on a wonderful morning to enjoy the scenery of lower Wensleydale.

Then it was on to Richmond and first a stop at the Railway Station which is now a cinema and community business hub. Lunch was taken in Richmond Market Place before pressed on over the A66 to Brough and then on to Kirkby Stephen.

Heavy traffic on the A66 meant that by Mainsgill, we weren't the only one to have got a hump and made for a delayed start at Kirkby Stephen but our friends at the Stainmore Railway Company still looked after us royally and we adjusted our times to make sure we missed nothing of the train ride, restoration shed, restored Stockton and Darlington Railway signal box and story of the restoration project at Kirkby Stephen East, making for a fascinating visit.

Steven Hogg writes:All I did was ask for someone to be added to the email newsletter list - unfortunately, I said 'elect...
08/08/2026

Steven Hogg writes:

All I did was ask for someone to be added to the email newsletter list - unfortunately, I said 'electric newsletter' - within minutes, Fiona Turner had produced this - absolute classic!

Seriously, if you would like to receive your Inside Track Railway Holidays newsletter by email instead of post, just let Fiona know. The latest one is a classic, full of news and a new holiday and the electronic version has direct links to more details on a number of holidays where space is available! Go on, treat yourself and book late summer/Autumn break with Inside Track!

The North Yorkshire Pullman got underway in suitable style with a splendid Afternoon Tea lunch at Betty's in Harrogate, ...
07/08/2026

The North Yorkshire Pullman got underway in suitable style with a splendid Afternoon Tea lunch at Betty's in Harrogate, followed by a visit to Newby Hall built in 1695 - anyone know which famous architect designed it?

There is a huge variety of things to see at Newby Hall & Gardens - we started with a ride on the miniature railway, then a cruise on the River Ure and finally time to explore the beautiful gardens and displays of dolly's houses and the Bear House, home to many bears including several celebrities (who can name them?)!

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