A quick check of realtimetrains.com has revealed the timings of the SRPS Railtour ‘The Seven Counties Rambler’, due over the Northumberland Line/Hepscott Line as working 1Z34, the 17:38 Carlisle to Linlithgow.
This will be hauled, as far as is known so far by a pair of Class 37 locomotives, one of which is due to be 37403 ‘Isle of Mull’. This is subject to availability on the day.
This service will run on Saturday 8th March 2025, you can still book onto it via the SRPS website page for The Seven Counties Rambler.
Regular Running
The role of this campaign is to advocate for this route being ran routinely, and behind the scenes progress on this is hopefully being made, more news hopefully next week!
If the route was implemented as a longer term, ordinary route, the above timings are judged to be more reflective of the actual running times compared to the railtour shown above; which is a heavy railtour train (600 tonnes trailing load) of heritage rolling stock, hauled by heritage diesels (Class 37 locomotives).
Worked by modern, lighter multiple units, the same route could be substantially faster, as trains could run at higher speeds than 75mph on many sections (particularly the ECML where 100mph+ is quite common), and would benefit from faster acceleration and braking capability too.
If you’d like to support me with this campaign, which is self-funded, please see https://ko-fi.com/northumberlandcoastloop
Thank you, RH.
The Northumberland Coast Loop 
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