Where you can see the Flying Scotsman today as it steams through North Wales
A STAND-out and famed locomotive is set to give residents a day to remember when it passes through North Wales today.
The Flying Scotsman will steam into Crewe this afternoon on its way to Holyhead. The masterpiece is expected to pass through Rhyl at about 2.04pm, it will then journey through Colwyn Bay at about 2.16pm before arriving at Llandudno Junction at 2.25pm and stopping for around 20 minutes.
The Journal then understands that the Flying Scotsman will stop at Bangor between 3.07pm and 3.11pm before chugging through Menai Bridge, Llanfairpwll and Gaerwen. It is due to arrive at Holyhead at 3.50pm.
Details of the Flying Scotsman's journey have not be readily available; the masterpiece returned to the East Coast Main Line, an electrified line, after a 10-year, £4.2million refurbishment by the National Railway Museum in February with an inaugural journey from London King’s Cross to York.
The locomotive was greeted by thousands of people lining the route but the day was marred in parts by several dangerous incidents of trespass – where members of the public were seen walking along the tracks and taking photographs of the locomotive while other trains continued to pass on opposing lines.
Phil Hufton, Network Rail managing director, England and Wales, said: “I cannot stress enough how dangerous it is to go onto the railway without any formal training and without permission, as well as being illegal.
”I am urging those who plan to enjoy seeing Flying Scotsman to do so from a safe position and do not go onto the railway under any circumstances. I’d like to thank those who have observed safe practices during the Scotsman’s runs so far and ask others to follow that example.” ref Pioneer