After 123 years, the Royal Train de Buffers touches: for the first time driven by King Edward VII, Charles regards the costs of operating costs as ‘not to be justified’

After almost 125 years, the Royal Train is declining in the end of cost-saving measures.

King Charles has decided that the annual annual operating costs of £ 1.5 million cannot be justified in the current economic climate, and it will be taken out of use in 2027.

In 2024/25 it was only used twice – for an average cost of £ 38.984 each time.

Royal Assistants were also concerned about the spiral costs of the Liveried locomotive, so loved by Queen Elizabeth, who handle the train with nine-rice for the Royals And two to offer support. It needs a threatening overhaul, and even getting parts is difficult and expensive.

Sources said Charles had ‘good memories’ of the Royal Train, but that he had to go with the figures.

Officials will start to discuss his future in the run -up to his dismantling, including guaranteeing that it is on a permanent public representation, much in the way of the former Royal Yacht Britannia, which is now housed in Leith, Edinburgh.

The news comes when Buckingham Palace publishes its annual financial statements, the Sovereign Grant Report, for the year 2024-25, which describes how much the monarchy gets from the public wallet and what it spends to.

Money received by the king remained at £ 86.3 million for the fourth consecutive year, with additional income up to £ 21.5 million – driven by a record year for visitors to Buckingham Palace.

After almost 125 years, the Royal Train (above) is declining in the end of cost-saving measures

Royal Assistants were also concerned about the spiral costs of the Liveried locomotive, so loved by Queen Elizabeth (above, working in the train in 2002)

The train had day and night saloons for the queen and prince Albert, as well as carriages for other members of the royal family and dignitaries (above, Victoria’s Saloon)

It is the first year that the Sovereine Subsidy core has been calculated on the basis of 12 percent of the Kroon Estate, instead of the previous 25 percent. Two years ago King Charles decided the amount he should be entitled halved because of a huge boost for his treasury of offshore wind farms owned by the crown.

He asked to give it back to the public wallet and to become aimed at the broader public interest.

However, the report also contains details of a ‘temporary lifting’ of almost £ 100 million in the sovereign subsidy in the next two years from this pot of money to finance the final phase of Buckingham Palace’s renovation.

The ten-year project of £ 369 million was deemed necessary to make the crumbling palace suitable for the target-of which parts have not been touched since the Second World War.

It will see the annual income of the prince of £ 86.3 million increased to £ 132.1 million in 2025/26 and 2026/27, before they return to normal once the building work is completed.

The report shows that more than 93,000 guests were welcomed by the doors in Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and other royal homes during the last financial year, at 828 events.

The table would be set in the dining room (as above) when the train was in use

Although they are treated for cancer, 76-year-old Charles and Queen Camilla, 77, is Undertaken 604 official assignments between them.

They also responded to 123,000 correspondence items. The number of people who are applying for ‘milestone’ messages-as those of their 100th birthday is, however, as the post-war baby boom generation decreases.

One of the king’s official state bentleys has been converted to walk on bio-fuel, with the second planned for transition later this year. The royal family now also has two new helicopters.

In the midst of a large number of buildings, the Palace spent £ 605,000 on redeveloping the rose bed in Windsor Castle to improve public access’.

The travel costs of the royals rose marginal compared to the previous year by £ 100,000, to £ 2.7 million, including £ 400,000 on charter and planned flights for the controversial visit of the king and the queen to Australia and the Commonwealth Heads or Government meeting in Samoa last Herfst.

Almost £ 80,000 was spent on four private jet trips for Princess Anne to watch competitions in Edinburgh in her role as the patron of the Scottish Rugby Union.

AIDES also confirmed yesterday that Frogmore Cottage, Harry and Meghan’s former Windsor Home, remains empty three years after they have left and there are ‘no immediate plans’ to have another tenant.

It has been generally reported that the king would like to shrink his besieged brother, Prince Andrew, in the building.

However, it is the end of the line for the royal train that will attract the most attention.

Queen Victoria became the first reigning monarch to rode by rail in 1842, and in 1869 he gave a few coaches. King Edward VII ordered a completely new royal train in 1902, which was adapted by later princes, including George V who installed the first bath in the world on a train. The most recent carriages date from 1986.

Goalkeeper of the Privy purse, James Chalmers, said that while the train has been part of national life for decades, loved and cared for by all involved, to move forward, we should not be bound by the past. “

He added: “The time has come to say goodbye.”