Great Western Coffee Shop

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68502988 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68502988)

Railway chaplain and Pullman meal. Not sure how many guests can get the meal.

"Todays wedding venue is formed of 5 cars instead of 9, this is due to more wedding venues needing repairs at the same time"

I have heard of couples being wed on a heritage train, but not on a national network service.

I suggested the possibility of weddings on our heritage railway but was told it required a fixed licensed premises open to the general public, for weddings are a public event. Maybe they have changed the law.

AFAIK, Weddings used to be only permitted in suitable and registered premises, but these days can be performed anywhere provided that a suitably qualified person such as a priest or registrar officiates. A railway chaplain presumably satisfies that requirement.
I think that the captain of a ship is also allowed to perform a marriage.

Thanks! I shall re-propose this to our railway management team, quoting the original BBC article.

That depends on the laws of the country of registration of the ship. It was not legal on UK ships and was the reason for the home port of the Queen Mary 2 being changed from Southampton to Hamilton Bermuda in 2011. I believe that it is now legal on British registered ships although not sure.

From The CAB website https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/living-together-marriage-and-civil-partnership/getting-married/

I am thinking the ceremony on the train was a blessing, the actual legal bit was done elsewhere

Still a charming story and well done to the GWR team that made it happen

A marriage can take place in:-

a Register Office
premises approved by the local authority such as a hotel
a church of the Church of England, Church in Wales
a synagogue or any other private place if both partners are Jewish
a Meeting House if one or both partners are either members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) or are associated with the Society by attending meetings
any registered religious building (England and Wales only)
the home of one of the partners if the partner is housebound or detained, for example, in prison
a place where one partner is seriously ill and not expected to recover, for example, in hospital
a licensed naval, military or air force chapel

Local authorities in England and Wales may approve premises other than Register Offices where civil marriages may take place. Applications for approval must be made by the owner or trustee of the building, not the couple.

The premises must be regularly open to members of the public, so private homes are unlikely to be approved, since they are not normally open to the public. Stately homes, hotels and civic buildings are likely to be thought suitable. Approval will not be given for open air venues, such as moonlit beaches or golf courses. Generally, the premises will need to be permanent built structures, although it may be possible for approval to be given to a permanently moored, publicly open boat. Hot air balloons or aeroplanes will not be approved.

Scotrail can possibly help with this. There, one can marry anywhere approved of by the registrar, or in the case of a religious ceremony, by the person approved to conduct the ceremony.

Mark

It was a ceremony(al) blessing - GWR tweeted that they had got wed earlier in the week (Wednesday I think)

But not at Camborne  ;D