Tickets for The Polar Express – Caledonian Railway can only be booked online through our ticketing agent. This is the only place where tickets can be bought – we are not selling tickets through any other means. There will also be no on-the-day ticket sales.

When you click on the Book Tickets Now button you will be automatically taken to our ticketing site – this will open in a new window.

To assist in selecting your tickets please see the step by step guides for Premium and Standard ticket purchases below.

Caledonian Railway Polar Express Train Ride

How to Book Your Premium Tickets

Once you have selected your date and ticket type, you can select your seats. Premium Tickets are arranged in compartments. When you book your Premium Tickets, your party will be given the entire compartment – we will not place any other visitors in your compartment.

CR Polar Express Premium Ticket

Seats already booked are shown in grey with a dark grey head icon.

Seats blocked out which are not used but prevent others booking space within an existing party are shown in grey. These can not be booked by anybody. If you wish to amend your booking, please get in touch with us via Facebook or email.

Seats still available for purchase are shown in gold.

To book a Premium ticket select the number of seats (gold circles) in the compartment of your choice in the Premium Coach. Once you are happy with your selection, select the Next button and complete your purchase.

It does not matter which seats you book in the compartment as long as you select the correct number as you can sit wherever you would like. If the party is greater than 8, then you will be split across two compartments – again you can decide who sits where.

Please note although we will block out the compartment for you, you can only have as many passengers as you have booked e.g. although each compartment holds 8 and we block it out, if you only book 4 tickets, only 4 can attend.

How to Book Your Standard Tickets

Once you have selected your date and ticket type, you can select your seats. Standard Tickets are arranged in seating bays of 4, consisting of 2 window and 2 aisle seats. When you book your Standard Tickets, your party will be given the entire seating bay – we will not place any other visitors in your seating bay.

CR Polar Express Standard Ticket1

Seats already booked are shown in grey with a dark grey head icon.

Seats blocked out which are not used but prevent others booking space within an existing party are shown in grey. These can not be booked by anybody. If you wish to amend your booking, please get in touch with us via Facebook or email.

Seats still available for purchase are shown in blue.

To book a Standard ticket select the number of seats (blue circles) in the seating bay of your choice in the Standard Coach. Once you are happy with your selection, select the Next button and complete your purchase.

It does not matter which seats you book in the seating bay as long as you select the correct number as you can sit wherever you would like. If the party is greater than 4, then you will be split across two or more seating bays – again you can decide who sits where.

Please note although we will block out the seating bay for you, you can only have as many passengers as you have booked e.g. although the seating bay holds 4 and we block it out, if you only book 2 tickets, only 2 can attend.

CR Polar Express Standard Ticket2

Standard Ticket coaches are arranged as shown above.

Each coach as a centre aisle with bays of 4 seats.

Two seats are at a window and two are at the aisle. If you book tickets for the seating bay, you can choose where you sit – we will not put members of another party in your bay.