The Flying Scotsman arrives at Doncaster Station for its first visit since 1983

 Thursday, August 10, 2023 

The locomotive’s owner the National Railway Museum has agreed to a two–day free event for the public at the Railport terminal this November.

Ticket–holders will be able to step onto the footplate of the engine, which was built at the LNR’s Doncaster Works in 1923.

Mayor Ros Jones lobbied for the visit after Doncaster was missed off the itinerary for the year of rail tours and residencies on heritage lines, despite the Scotsman’s strong local connections.

In July the NRM arranged for the Scotsman to make a brief stop at Doncaster Station while it was returning to York from a charter excursion – the first time it had called at the station since the early 1980s.

Freightliner, the company which manages the Railport close to the city centre, has agreed to host the locomotive as the site has easy access to the East Coast Main Line and the engine can be displayed without disrupting regular rail traffic.

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