Conjurer, caviar and quaffing champagne: the £999 train ticket to Cheltenham

Among the thousands of people travelling to Cheltenham on Friday (13 March) for the Gold Cup will be almost 300 doing it in unique style.

The lucky few are those who have paid £799 or £999 to make their way from London to the Festival on the 1930s Northern Belle. Standard tickets on the restored Pullman-style train are a snip at the lower price, but for those who want that extra touch of style, there’s the Krug Class option.

Passengers will walk a red carpet across the platform at...