

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Flying Scotsman Static Display Day & Footplate Tour
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Experience exclusive access to the footplate of Flying Scotsman!

Start your experience from Alresford or Alton and join our heritage train which will take you to Ropley where Flying Scotsman will stand proudly on display outside our Engineering Works. 

Your ticket includes unlimited travel on our home-fleet locomotives, that will be running up and down the entire length of our line.

Why not seize a once-in-a-lifetime chance to go beyond the barriers and experience the footplate of the legendary Flying Scotsman? Guests will stand where the crew work, taking in the atmosphere of this record-breaking icon.

Your 30 minute experience includes time in the beautifully restored buffet car, where expert guides will share stories, insights, and technical details about this remarkable engine. Here, you can relax, ask questions, and enjoy refreshments available to purchase. This will be followed by a 5 minute footplate tour with a qualified locomotive crew. 

This activity will run between 11am and 4pm, in pre-booked 30 minutes timeslots, with plenty of time to walk around the locomotive and take photographs.

Refreshments will be available at Alresford, Ropley, Alton and onboard.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-alresford/flying-scotsman-static-display-day-and-footplate-tour/200029531071319
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 41

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://watercressline.co.uk/special-days/flying-scotsman-static-display-and-footplate-tour/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=new+alresford-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: New Alresford
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Alresford Station, Station Road, SO24 9JG New Alresford, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.08944
- **long**: -1.1616
- **full address**: Alresford Station, Station Road, SO24 9JG New Alresford, United Kingdom, New Alresford, United Kingdom

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Watercress Line (https://allevents.in/org/the-watercress-line/26047480)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Alresford Station, Station Road, SO24 9JG New Alresford, United Kingdom, New Alresford, United Kingdom
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Watercress Line
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Flying Scotsman Static Display Day & Footplate Tour ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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