Luxury train Northern Belle to visit Brighouse before trip to Scotland

A red carpet will be laid across the station platform as the 1930s Pullman-style Northern Belle, which was once part of the iconic Orient Express group, pulls in.

Then a tartan-clad piper will play a lament as passengers board at 7.15am on Thursday (July 16) and are handed their first glass of champagne.

Tickets for the Northern Belle, which is owned by Yorkshire businessman David Pitts, have almost sold out despite costing around £500.

But for that passengers get a three-course brunch during the journey to the Scottish capital before tucking into a lavish six-course feast with wine and port on the way home in the evening.

A spokesman said: “It will be the train’s only trip from the town this year. Miss it, and you’ll have to wait until July next year for another chance.”

The train was voted the fifth best in the world by readers of the prestigious Condé Nast Traveller magazine last year.

And narrator Bill Nighy described it as “the Grand Dame of luxury travel” when it featured on a Channel 5 TV programme.

It even has its own musicians while a conjuror wanders from table to table to add an extra touch of magic.

Although this will be the Northern Belle’s only visit to Brighouse this year, there will be trips from various other Yorkshire stations.

For more information visit www.northernbelle.co.uk.