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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.
5 tpd to London King's Cross, via Morpeth and Newcastle; Caledonian Sleeper [24] 2 tpd to London Euston (Highland and Lowland sleepers) 1 tpd to Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William (train divides on arrival at Edinburgh). ScotRail [25] 2 tph to Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High (Scotrail Express)
The first Special Scotch Express ran in 1862, with simultaneous departures at 10:00 from the GNR's London King's Cross and the NBR's Edinburgh Waverley. The original journey took 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours, including a half-hour stop at York for lunch.
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 ...
The ECML is part of Network Rail's Strategic Route G, which comprises five separate lines: [3]. The main line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations, via Stevenage, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark North Gate, Retford, Doncaster, York, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle, Morpeth, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar.
In January 2024, LNER announced a simpler fares trial for Newcastle, Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh to London Kings Cross, scrapping the super off-peak fares, the regulated fare and a de facto cap on ticket prices, and replacing it with a 70-minute flex, a yield managed advance fare which allows customers to catch a train 70 minutes before or ...
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 ...
Edinburgh Waverley is the main Network Rail station serving the city. Located in a ravine the heart of the city centre close to Princes Street Gardens, it serves over 14 million passenger journeys per year. [13] It is a principal station on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Aberdeen, and is the terminus for many rail ...