Great Western Railway 'Camp Coaches' - 1935

In the inter-war years large numbers of Victorian railway carriages were taken out of service and transformed into 'camp coaches.' One of the largest providers of these was the Great Western Railway, and in April 1935 the company's staff magazine carried a feature on them with images from one stationed at Dyffryn-on-Sea in North Wales. The article revealed that for the coming summer the number of coaches the company would be offering around its network was being increased to thirty-eight. Available for six, eight or ten people, all came equipped with a living room, kitchen and two sleeping compartments. The cost of such accommodation, which the magazine stated would not increase during the holiday season, was £3 per week for a six berth coach, £4 for an eight and £5 for a ten.

North British Railway Advertising - 'Scotland's Golf Course'

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, railway companies started advertising special reduced-rate tickets for individuals who had a certain type of holiday in mind. The activities promoted included rambling, cycling, boating, angling and golfing, and the tickets to places where pleasure-seekers could partake in such activities cost between a third and three-quarters the full price. This poster, from the North British Railway in the early 1900s, was advertising golfing holidays in Scotland (clearly).