THE fleet of land trains which shuttled tourists to Stonehenge from the visitor centre have been scrapped, English Heritage confirmed.

They have been out of action for more than a year and since then visitors have caught buses to the monument.

English Heritage say that when in operation between December 2013 and December 2014 they transported approximately 1.3 million visitors.

However, they struggled to cope with the high demand and will now be used at another English Heritage site.

Kate Davies, General Manager at Stonehenge, says: “We are disappointed not to be bringing the land trains back to Stonehenge. The new visitor centre and exhibition, the removal of the old and inadequate visitor facilities, and the reconnecting of the monument with the wider landscape have all been major successes. Unfortunately this element of the project has not worked as well as we hoped. We intend to find new homes for the land trains at other properties in our care."

The current system of using mini-buses to ship visitors the 1.5miles to Stonehenge will continue to operate. The land trains were privately funded.