King orders the scrapping of the Royal Train

Blackleaf

Hall of Fame Member
Oct 9, 2004
49,859
1,893
113

GettyImages-103864297.jpg

The British Royal Train is being scrapped leaving the Royal Family without a dedicated set of railway carriages for the first time since the mid-nineteenth century.

It is being decommissioned after King Charles III concluded the train was too expensive to run and it was being infrequently used.

The train – made up of nine carriages for the exclusive use of the Royal Family – was only in action twice in the last year but those two journeys cost nearly £90,000.

Instead, the Royal Household has two new helicopters to transport the Royal Family around the country.