Local residents will be treated to a blast from the past this month, with a retro train due to call at Stoke-on-Trent soon.

The Mancunian Princess, an InterCity 125 train, will be visiting Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 29 May at 12.18am.

It will pick up passengers at Stoke-on-Trent station on its way from Manchester to Princess Risborough.

The departure times are as follows:

• Bury (ELR) - 9.58am
• Manchester Victoria - 10.59am
• Stockport - 11.30am
• Stoke-on-Trent - 12.18am
• Tamworth Low Level - 12.49am
• Nuneaton - 1.05pm
• Milton Keynes Central - 14.08pm

And the arrival times are:

• Reading - 3.20pm
• West Ruislip 4.13pm
• High Wycombe - 4.35pm
• Princess Risborough - 4.46pm

Standard class tickets are available from £79.

First class non-dining tickets are also available, from £119.

The InterCity 125 was first introduced to Britain's railways in 1976. It was named after its top operational speed of 125 miles per hour.

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It is regarded as a classic locomotive, made unique by its distinct wedge-shaped nose, devised by industrial designer Sir Kenneth Grange.

Find tickets and more information here.

(Intercity train image by Dave Hitchborne, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic.)