2025-07-05 14:00
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2025-07-05 14:00
Buckingham Palace announced that the royal train would be withdrawn from operation until 2027. This is to reduce costs. The published annual financial reports show that a two -day journey on the royal train in February this year. It cost over 44,000 pounds – BBC informed on Tuesday.
The royal train was intensively used during the celebration of the gold and diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. However, the latest data show that the train has been used in 2024 only twice – said the portal.
British monarchs had special trains since the time of Queen Victoria. The first member of the royal family, who used this travel method in 1840, was Queen Widow Adelajda. The prevailing monarch, Wiktoria, began to use the train two years later. Over the 63-year rule, over 100 travels.
The “Today” magazine revealed that 12 people can sit in a restaurant wagon at a common table. There is also an office where the ruler can work while traveling. The office even had its own unique postage stamp.
A contemporary royal train consists of a set of sleeping and edible wagons, produced in the 1980s. They are dominated by burgundy color. After withdrawal, the modern composition will probably be presented to the audience. Historical warehouses can be seen at the National Railway Museum in York.
In the future, the royal family will travel on regular trains. The financial statements show that last year there were 141 helicopter flights, the cost of which amounted to 475,000. pounds – the portal emphasized. Other costs include 55 private charter flights for almost 600,000 pounds and tickets for regular flights for 126 thousand pounds.
The total cost of traveling so -called older members of the royal family amounted to 4.7 million pounds. The most expensive journey was the visit of the king and queen to Australia (400,000 pounds). (PAP)
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