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The Elizabethan was a British Railways non-stop passenger train that ran between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley in the United Kingdom. The daily service, which operated for ten years from 1953 to 1963, took just over 6hrs. It was hauled by steam engines until they were replaced by diesel units in 1961.
No. 4472 hauled the inaugural non-stop train from London on 1 May 1928, and it successfully ran the 392 miles (631 km) between Edinburgh and London without stopping, a record at the time for a scheduled service (although the London, Midland and Scottish Railway had four days earlier staged a one-off publicity coup by running a non-stop Royal ...
Elizabethan Express is a 1954 British Transport Film that follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley along the East Coast Main Line. Although originally intended as an advertising short, it now acts as a nostalgic record of the halcyon years of steam on British Railways and the ex ...
London King's Cross – Harrogate and Newcastle: 1923 – 1928 (Succeeded by the West Riding Pullman) Harrogate Sunday Pullman [16] [22] BR: London King's Cross – Harrogate and Bradford Exchange: 1950s – late 1960s Heart of Midlothian [4] [5] London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley: 1951 – 1968 The Hebridean [53] LMS / BR: Inverness ...
As of 2023, Lumo's timetable sees trains depart each terminus at off-peak times. The vast majority of journeys run the full route from Edinburgh to London, calling at Morpeth and Newcastle. A number of services additionally call at Stevenage, for pick-up only on northbound services, and drop-off only for southbound trains. The fastest service ...
London King's Cross to Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh Class 802 Nova 1: Bi-mode multiple unit: 125 200 TransPennine Express: Joins the ECML at York and continues to Newcastle and Edinburgh Class 802 Paragon: Hull Trains: London King's Cross to Hull and Beverley: Class 803: EMU: 125 200 Lumo: London King's Cross to Edinburgh
London King's Cross to Edinburgh (express) 1tph: York, Darlington, Newcastle, Berwick-upon-Tweed: 1tpd to Inverness 1tpd to Stirling 4tpd to Aberdeen (3 from London King's Cross, 1 from Leeds) C: London King's Cross to Edinburgh (semi-fast) 1tph: Peterborough, Newark North Gate, Doncaster, York, Northallerton (1tp2h), Darlington, Durham ...
The Coronation was a streamlined express passenger train run by the London and North Eastern Railway between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. Named to mark the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, it was inaugurated on 5 July 1937. The down train (northbound) left London at 4 pm and arrived in Edinburgh at 10 pm; the up ...