The royal train belonging to the British royal family is to be taken out of service by 2027 as a cost-saving measure.
The annual publication of royal finances showed that a two-day trip with the royal train cost more than £44,000. The royal family will still travel on trains, using regular train services. The publication also included 141 helicopter trips last year, £475,000.
James Chalmers, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, responsible for the royal finances, told the BBC that the decision to stop the royal train would mean “the fondest of farewells”, but “in moving forwards we must not be bound by the past. The royal train, of course, has been part of national life for many decades, loved and cared for by all those involved.”
The royal train will go on a farewell tour before it is taken out of service and might be put on public display afterwards. It consists of nine carriages, and a locomotive was hired to pull them.
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