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In the 2008 timetable, the name The Zephyr was given to the early morning (06:41) departure from Sunderland, while the evening (16:50) train from London was called The 21st Century Limited. As of the 2012 timetable, these names are no longer used by the company.
The main workshops were in Doncaster, with others at Darlington, Inverurie and Stratford, London. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The company also owned the most westerly track and stations in Great Britain, in the form of the West Highland Railway to Arisaig and Mallaig , previously owned by the North British Railway.
Local train hit buffers fouling main line with wreckage hit by two further trains. Doncaster rail crash (1947) 9 August 1947: 18: 188: King's Cross to Leeds train was incorrectly signalled into a section already occupied by a stationary train, which resulted in a rear-end collision. Goswick rail crash: 26 October 1947: 28: 65
In 2021, the company attempted to recast the East Coast Mainline timetable from the May 2022 timetable change, increasing the service between London and Newcastle to thrice hourly, and removing station stops on the current fast train to reduce journey times to 4 hours between London and Edinburgh, a feat currently only achieved once a day, by ...
Line-up of steam locomotives (left-to-right: an A2/3, A3 and a B1) at Doncaster station in August 1953 Down Express, headed by an A2/3, departing in April 1957 A Deltic Class 55 locomotive no.55012 Crepello coupling to the Hull-London King's Cross train as trainspotters watch on, July 1977
During the day, services to London King's Cross from Edinburgh ran every 30 minutes, one fast and one semi-fast. All trains called at Newcastle and most at Berwick upon Tweed, Darlington and York. In May 2011 East Coast re-introduced the historic Flying Scotsman service. This was an early-morning service to London King's Cross with a journey ...
4 trains per day on Sundays. Stevenage is served by 2 trains on Sundays for set down southbound / 1 train pick up northbound only; London King's Cross to Beverley: 2: Stevenage, Grantham, Retford, Doncaster, Selby, Howden, Brough, Hull Paragon, Cottingham; 1 train per day at weekends and some Bank Holidays.
In 1848 the GNR opened a line from near Peterborough through Spalding via Boston to Lincoln, and a section from Retford to Doncaster in 1849. The section from London to Peterborough was opened in 1850, and in 1852 Peterborough to Retford was opened, completing the main line from London to Doncaster, part of the present-day East Coast Main Line.