A royal train has been used by the British monarchy since the reign of Queen Victoria, who was a fan of rail travel. Her successor King Edward VII ordered a new train in the model of the Royal ...

King Charles will retire the Royal Train, a favorite of Queen Elizabeth’s, following a thorough review of its usage and costs ...

The British royal train will be officially decommissioned in March 2027 due to maintenance costs. The Royals will shift to using helicopters and scheduled trains for travel between residences across ...

The royal train has also been part of King Charles’s life. He was photographed riding it as a young boy, and he used it in 1981 to depart for his honeymoon with Diana, Princess of Wales.

King Charles III is to end the British monarchy's use of a royal train for the first time since the Victorian era in the 19th century, as part of cost-cutting ...

The Royal Train’s retirement is part of a broader effort by Charles to modernize and cut costs: The royal family will receive £86.3 million ($118 million) in public funding for 2025–2026.

The nine-carriage train, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth II and the late Duke of Edinburgh, will stop running ahead of a maintenance contract ending in early 2027, according to the annual royal ...

British Royal Family Royal train will end 156 years of service as King Charles III seeks to economize The train that was commissioned in 1869 will stop running sometime before 2027.

The royal finances remain a topic of public debate, with Charles pledging to slim down the monarchy and cut costs as he seeks to ensure the institution’s survival. Buckingham Palace was quick to ...