YOU can step back nearly 100 years into the glamourous age of train travel, as a vintage train experience is launching this month.
The London Transport Museum is allowing people to go back in time on 1930s and 1950s carriages.
Choose from single or return journeys along the Metropolitan line which start in Amersham and go to underground stations at either Watford or Harrow-on-the-Hill.
There are two vintage trains to pick from, the first being from the 1930s.
The 1938 stock train has been restored and is made up of four cars with green and red seating and Art Deco light fittings.
This style of train served London on several deep-level tube lines for half a century.
The second has 1950s British Rail 4TC carriages which will be hauled by Sarah Siddons.
Sarah Siddons is one of the few electric locomotives still in service – and was named after a Welsh actress.
It was used in service on the Metropolitan line until 1961.
One of the rides will go through what’s called the ‘secret’ railway line, that is rarely used called the North Curve.
It’s a section of the Metropolitan line which connects Croxley and Rickmansworth and bypasses Moor Park station, but it doesn’t feature on tube maps.
The event is across two dates only between July 25-26 with single and return journeys available.
Single journeys start from £17 per person for adults and £7 for children.
The event is being run by the London Transport Museum which is set to undergo a £26million makeover by the end of 2030.
