Charter trains & group rail travel since 1998
Real experience for the benefit of our clients

Train Chartering, now in its 13th year, has provided private train charters and carriage hires to a wide range of clients for a variety of purposes. The company operates mainly in the UK, Europe and North America.

We set up in 1998, focussed on private charter trains, when the term 'train chartering' was not in use, even in the rail industry.

A few years later, we began offering private carriages and escorted group travel so presenting a rail travel solution for any reasonable budget, to groups from 10 to over 700 per train. Outside this range, we set up a private Orient Express for 2 Hollywood celebrities and moved over 3,500 passengers in one day.

2010 is proving a busy year for us, despite fears of a slow-down prompted by the current recession. Looking forward to charter trains for our second Ryder Cup prompted us to glance back at what we have done since 1998.

Our extensive experience and wide contact base allows us to select the best trains available along with onboard services, so avoiding unsuitable rolling stock.

Train Chartering provides catering and other onboard services as well as facilitating the branding and theming of the train or carriage. This creates a memorable and unique event for every charter.

The extent and professionalism of the company's project and guest management services is unique in the rail industry; caring for every aspect of the event, from first contact through to ground handling in stations and transfers to the post-trip event.

This is a selection of our corporate clients and private customers; amongst those omitted are the clients that prefer anonymity. Train Chartering has run a number of trains for some clients, on the same day or over a period, or for subsequent years.

Corporate & Private Clients
  • Albourne
  • American Embassy
  • America's Cup Jubilee
  • Barclays Bank
  • BUPA
  • Butlins
  • Citibank
  • Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros
  • Clarion Events
  • Coco-Cola
  • ConocoPhillips
  • CTT Group to Cannes
  • CruiseSaver Travel (Bath Travel)
  • Deloitte
  • Department of Trade & Industry (Dept for Business, Innovation & Skills)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Helical Bar
  • Kamtech
  • Lehman Brothers
  • Lever-Fabergé
  • Marco Polo Train
  • Meetings & Incentive Travel
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Nando's
  • Oxfam
  • Perforce Software
  • Phoenix
  • Plextek
  • Private Wedding Train - London to Aynhoe Park
  • Private Golf Train - Birmingham to St Andrews
  • Procter & Gamble
  • THS Partners
  • Spring Fair
  • School - Alcester Grammar to Germany
  • Travel Connection
  • T-Mobile
  • UBS
  • Unilever
Sporting Events
  • British Open 2003 (Golf)
  • Community Shield (Football)
  • Calcutta Cup (Football)
  • Carling Cup (Football)
  • Everton Football Club
  • FA Cup Final (Football)
  • Liverpool Football Club
  • Manchester Untied Football Club
  • Southend Football Club
  • Royal Ascot (Horse racing)
  • Rugby World Cup
  • Ryder Cup (Golf)
  • Tartan Army (Football)
  • UEFA Cup Final (Football)
  • Whitley Bay Football Club
Film Locations in the UK and USA
  • If Only - Sony Pictures - Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paul Nicholls
  • Passer By - BBC Drama - James Nesbitt
  • Green Street Hooligans - Warner - Elijah Wood
  • Amex - advertisement
  • Derailed - BBC Drama
  • Ultimate Force - ITV drama - Ross Kemp
  • Namaste London - Bollywood production - Akshay Kumar
  • Khadli Ennai Khadle - Tamil-language production
  • Ditch the Bitch - ITV drama
  • Moving Wallpaper - ITV drama - Ben Miller
  • Salaami-e-Ishq - Bollywood production
  • The City of Ember - Fox Walden - Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway
  • U B Dead - Darlow Smithson Productions
Transport Charter
  • America's Cup Jubilee - schooner hire, Southampton
  • Endeavour Finance - helicopters to Royal Ascot
  • Fujitsu Europe - air charters, Rome & Milan to Munich
  • Henry Moore Foundation - coaches in Paris
  • Northern Rock - air charters, Newcastle to London & Paris
  • Procter & Gamble - Parisian riverboat
  • Skibo castle - air charter from London, and coaches
  • Upstage - coaches, Manchester to Glasgow

We're looking forward, while glancing back
at a track record that surprises even us!


Group Travel in private
carriages and rail cars

Private Charter Trains to The 2010 Ryder Cup at the Celtic Manor Resort

Our Experience is your benefit, measured by our client list

Perfect Wedding Private Train from Cathedral to Country House

The next (luxury) train is the Maharajas' Express

Media Launch of new Hotel Private carriage to Ocean Hotel

Short Notice Train Charter Coach, Plane - or Train?

New train for UK charter fleet Ideal for large group travel

Private Trains direct to Wembley Step off the Train
into the Stadium

Private Carriages in Europe
and the UK
Escorted group
travel on scheduled trains

WiFi first for charter trains
WiFi available for private trains

Executive dining Train
Manchester United
direct to Wembley

Making Tracks
& Making Waves

Ocean Liner Express to
Cunard's Queen Victoria

Car maker's train charter
Pullman dining train
for dealer event

Trains and Planes
Intermodal travel solutions

Movie Launch on US Rail Cars
Private rail cars for City of Ember press launch

Group rail travel
in private carriages

Private Orient-Express
for incentive professionals

National & International Trains
to International Sports Events

Networking Train on
Government Business

Charter the Golden Eagle
Trans-Siberian Express

Luxury Steam Safaris
in southern Africa

Private Rail Car
between New York & Chicago

Brain Train World
on board with Train Chartering

Tartan Army
Trains for the Tartan Army

Majestic Imperator
Waltz into the New Year on the Majestic Imperator Luxury Train

Environmental benefits
Flights pollute more than
rail travel

Film Locations
Trains, stations & other rail locations

Private Rail Car
Luxury nostalgic travel across
the USA

Orient Express
...for two A-list Celebrities

The Blue Pullman
Dining Train for hire

To The Open 2006
The Great Briton to the world’s greatest golf tournament.

ITV's Ultimate Force
Trains & carriages
for television & movies.

The Golf Train
tailored for group of friends.


To The Exhibition
Taking buyers to the M&I show.


For The Board
Rounding off a hectic
end-of-year review.


Racing to the Races
Private trains to Cheltenham Festival & Royal Ascot.

The Location Station
Trains and rail facilities for
movie and TV.