Specially commissioned private rail cars have transported the royal family around the country for over 150 years, beginning with an initially trepidatious Queen Victoria.

Despite receiving a near-record boost in funding, the royal family has decided it is the end of the line for its locomotive service.

King Charles III is to end the British monarchy's use of a royal train for the first time since the Victorian era in the 19th century, as part of cost-cutting and modernisation plans.The royal train has a storied history,