A steam train is set to pass through Stevenage next week.

The locomotive, fondly known as Bahamas, will be leaving London King's Cross on Saturday, July 13, and picking up passengers at Stevenage, Huntingdon and Peterborough before making its way north to York.

Bahamas, or locomotive No. 45596, was built in Glasgow in 1934 by the North British Locomotive Company. A standard Jubilee Class train, the Bahamas name was added in 1936.

When the railway companies were nationalised in 1948, Bahamas was transferred to Liverpool, and in 1967 it was bought by the Bahamas Locomotive Society for preservation.

In service until 1973, it has since been repainted in the British Rail green colour scheme that it used while in regular service.

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It embarked on its first railtour for 25 years in 2019, and is now used for excursions on the East Coast mainline - this one is called The White Rose.

On July 13, the train will leave King's Cross at 7.20am, stopping at Stevenage around 8.20am and arriving in York around 1.05pm.

It will return the same day, leaving York at 4.10pm and arriving in London at 9.35pm. However, on the return leg it will be diesel-hauled from Peterborough, meaning anybody wanting to watch the locomotive in full flow at Stevenage will need to be there in the morning.

Tickets to travel on the journey are still available through The Railway Touring Company. One adult fare costs £115 in Standard, £195 in First and £295 in Premier.