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List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom

This article contains lists of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom. These are specific regular journeys identified by a special name in the timetable, not to be confused with the names of engines or individual physical train rakes. One-off charter and sporadic special trains are not included.

List
Train name Company/ies Journey endpoints Dates operated
21st Century Limited[1][2] Grand Central London King's Cross – Sunderland (one way only) 2008[2] – 2010[citation needed]
Aberdonian[3][4][5] BR
Serco 		Aberdeen – London King's Cross (sleeper service - later Night Aberdonian)[6] 1927 – ?2012
Jan – Mar 2016
Aberdonian BR Aberdeen – London King's Cross (daytime InterCity 125 service) ?1977 – 1994
Admiraal de Ruijter BR / NS London Liverpool Street – Harwich Parkeston Quay – ferry – Hoek van Holland Haven – Amsterdam Centraal 1987 – 1989
Antwerp Continental (boat train) LNER London Liverpool Street – Harwich Parkeston Quay – Harwich Town[7] ? – 1954
Armada[8] GWR London Paddington – Plymouth ? – present
Atlantic Coast Express[9][10][11][12] SR / BR London Waterloo – Plymouth, Ilfracombe, Sidmouth, Exmouth, Bude, Padstow, Torrington 1926 –
1948 – 1964
Atlantic Coast Express[8] GWR London Paddington – Newquay 2008 – present
Belfast Boat Express (boat train)[13] BR Manchester Victoria – Heysham and Morecambe ? – 1960 – 1975
Benjamin Britten[14] BR / NS London Liverpool Street – Harwich Parkeston Quay– ferry – Hoek van Holland Haven – Amsterdam Centraal 1987 – 1989[15]
Birmingham Pullman[i][16] BR London Paddington – Wolverhampton Low Level 1960 – 1966
Bon Accord[17] Aberdeen – Glasgow Buchanan Street 1949 – 1968
Bournemouth Belle (Pullman train)[16] SR / BR London Waterloo – Bournemouth Central/Bournemouth West 1931 – 1967
Brighton Belle (Pullman train)[16] SR / BR London Victoria – Brighton 1934 – 1972
Brighton Limited (Pullman train) LBSCR 1887 – 1908
Brighton Pullman Limited (Pullman train)[18] 1898 – 1908
Bristol Pullman (Pullman train)[16][i] BR London Paddington – Bristol Temple Meads 1960 – 1973
Bristolian[19] GWR (original) / BR / GWR London Paddington – Bristol Temple Meads non-stop[20] (original); London Paddington to Weston-super-Mare (current) 1935 – present
Broadsman[21][22] BR London Liverpool Street – Cromer and Sheringham 1950 – 1962
Caledonian[23] Glasgow Central – London Euston 1957 – 1964
Caledonian Sleeper (night train) InterCity West Coast /
ScotRail (British Rail) / ScotRail (National Express) / First ScotRail / Caledonian Sleeper 		London Euston – Edinburgh Waverley
London Euston – Aberdeen
London Euston – Fort William
London Euston – Glasgow Central
London Euston – Inverness 		1996 – present
Cambrian Coast Express[24] GWR (original) / BR London Paddington (later London Euston) – Aberystwyth
London Paddington – Pwllheli 		1927 – 1991
Capitals Limited[11] BR London King's Cross – Aberdeen
(non-stop London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley) 		1949 – 1952 (succeeded by Elizabethan)
Capitals United Express[25] London Paddington – Cardiff Central
London Paddington – Fishguard Harbour 		1956 – 1963
Capitals United[8] GWR London Paddington – Swansea 2010 – present
Carmarthen Bay Express GWR London Paddington – Tenby 1927[26] – ????
Carolean Express[27] LNER London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley May 2023 – present
Cathedrals Express[28] BR / GWR London Paddington – Oxford – Hereford 1957 – present
Cheltenham Spa Express
(also known as The Cheltenham Flyer)[29] 		GWR (original) / BR / GWR London Paddington – Cheltenham Spa 1929 – present
Clansman[6] BR Inverness – London Euston via Birmingham New Street 1974[30] – 1984
Comet[11][31][32] BR London Euston – Manchester London Road 1949[33] – 1962
Cornish Riviera Express[10][11] GWR (original) / BR / GWR London Paddington – Penzance 1904 – present
Cornish Scot[34] BR / Virgin CrossCountry Glasgow Central – Penzance 1987 – 2002
Cornishman GWR (original) London Paddington – Penzance 1890 – 1904
1935 – 1936
Cornishman[35] BR (Bradford Exchange) – Wolverhampton Low Level – Penzance and Kingswear 1951 – 1975
Cornishman BR Edinburgh Waverley – Penzance 1983 – 2002
Cornishman[8] GWR London Paddington – Penzance 2006 – present
Coronation[36] LNER London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley 1937 – 1939
Coronation Scot LMS Glasgow Central – London Euston 1937 – 1939
Cotswolds and Malvern Express GWR (original) / BR / Wales & West / GWR Bristol Temple Meads – Great Malvern
London Paddington – Hereford 		May 1884 – May 1997[37]
June 2024 – present[38]
Day Continental (boat train) LNER / BR London Liverpool Street – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1946[39] – 1987 (succeeded by Benjamin Britten)[15]
Devon Belle[11] (Pullman train) SR / BR London Waterloo – Ilfracombe
London Waterloo – Plymouth 		1947 – 1954
Devon Express[8] GWR London Paddington – Paignton ? – present
Devon Scot[40] BR / Virgin CrossCountry Aberdeen – Carlisle – Plymouth 1988 – 2002
Devonian[31][41] LMS / BR Bradford Forster Square (Bradford Exchange from 1967; Leeds from 1980) – Sheffield Midland – Bristol Temple Meads (winter) – Paignton (summer) 1927 – 2002
Dorset Scot[42] BR / Virgin CrossCountry Poole – Newcastle – Edinburgh Waverley 1990 – 2002
East Anglian LNER / BR / Anglia / National Express East Anglia / Abellio Greater Anglia London Liverpool Street – Norwich 1937–present
The Easterling[22] BR London Liverpool Street – Lowestoft and Yarmouth South Town 1950 – 1958
The Elizabethan[4][5][11] (summer only) BR London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley (non-stop)[ii] 1953 – 1964
Emerald Isle Express[43] London Euston – Llandudno and Holyhead 1954 – 1960 – 1975; 1993 – 1997
Enterprise GNR(I) / UTA+CIÉ / NIR+IÉ Belfast Central (Belfast Great Victoria Street until 1976) & Dublin Connolly 1947–present
Essex Coast Express[44] BR London Liverpool Street – Clacton 1958 – 1968[45]
The European[46] Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1983 – 1988
Fair Maid[4] London King's Cross – Perth 1957 – 1958 (succeeded by Morning Talisman)
Fenman BR[47] London Liverpool Street – Hunstanton; after 1969 to King's Lynn 1949 – 1968
Fife Coast Express[47]
(Ran as Fifeshire Coast Express 1912 – 1924)[48] 		NBR / LNER / BR St Andrews – Glasgow Queen Street 1948 – 1959
Flying Dutchman GWR (original)+BER London Paddington – Exeter St Davids 1849 – 1892
Flying Scotsman[4][5][10] GNR+NER+NBR / LNER / BR / GNER / NXEC / East Coast / VTEC / LNER London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley
From May 2011: Edinburgh to London, one way only[49] 		1862 – present[50]
Flying Carolean[51] GWR London Paddington – Swansea 2023 – present[51]
Golden Arrow[9][10][11][16] (boat train) SR / BR London Victoria – Dover Priory or Folkestone Harbour 1929 – 1972
Golden Hind BR / GWR London Paddington – Penzance 1964 – present
Granite City[10][11] ? / BR Aberdeen – Glasgow Buchanan Street 1933 – 1939; 1948 –
Harrogate Pullman[52] LNER 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 – Kyle of Lochalsh 1933 – ????
1965 – ????
Highland Chieftain GNER / VTEC /LNER Inverness – London King's Cross 1984–present[54]
Highlandman LNER Fort William Perth Inverness – London King's Cross 1927 – 1939[55]
Hook Continental (boat train) LNER / BR London Liverpool Street – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1927 – 1939; 1945 – 1987 (Succeeded by Admiraal de Ruijter)[15]
Hull Executive BR / GNER / NXEC / East Coast / VTEC Hull – London King's Cross 1978–2015
Inter-City[24] BR London Paddington – Wolverhampton Low Level 1950–1965
Irish Mail[10] (boat train) LNWR / LMS / BR / Virgin London Euston – Holyhead 1849 – 1985, 1990s – 2002
Irishman[10][11] (boat train) BR Glasgow St Enoch – Stranraer 1951 ?
John O'Groat[56] LMS Inverness – – Wick[56] 1936 – 39
Kentish Belle (Pullman train)
formerly the Thanet Belle 		BR London – – Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate 1951 – 58
Lakes Express LMS / BR London Euston – Windermere, Keswick, Workington 1927[57] – 1939; 1945 – 1965
Lancastrian[31][32] Manchester London Road – London Euston 1928 – 1939; 1957 – 1962
The Lewisman LMS Inverness – Kyle of Lochalsh 1933 – 1939
Liverpool Pullman BR Liverpool Lime Street – London Euston 1966 – 1974
Loreley (boat train)[14] Blackpool North – Manchester Piccadilly – Nottingham – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1988 – 1992
Man of Kent[11][58] London Charing Cross – Dover, Deal, Sandwich and Margate 1953 – 1961
Manchester Pullman BR / Virgin Manchester Piccadilly – London Euston 1966 – 1990s
Mancunian[31][59] LMS / BR Manchester London Road – London Euston 1927 – 1966
The Manxman[57] Liverpool Lime Street – London Euston 1927 – 1966
Master Cutler[11] LNER / BR / MML / EMR Sheffield Victoria – London Marylebone; after 1958 to London King's Cross, later to St Pancras;[16] after privatisation from Leeds to London St Pancras via Sheffield. From 2008 no longer from Leeds but again starting at Sheffield. 1947 – present
Mayflower[60] BR / GWR Kingswear and Plymouth – London Paddington 1957 – present
The Merchant Venturer[10][11] London Paddington – Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare 1951 – present
Merseyside Express[11] BR London Euston – Liverpool Lime Street 1949[33] – 1966
Midland Pullman[16][i] Manchester Central – London St Pancras
with midday infill
London St Pancras – Nottingham 		1960–1966
Mid-Day Scot[13] LMS / BR Glasgow Central – London Euston 1927 – 1965
Midlands Express BR / MML Sheffield – London St Pancras 1999 – 2008
Night Ferry SR / BR London Victoria – Paris Nord)
later also to Brussels (Midi/Zuid)
after 1948 also second-class coaches as far as Dover Western Docks 		1936 – 1980
Night Riviera GWR London Paddington – Penzance 19th century – present
Night Scot[61] LNWR / BR London Euston – Glasgow Central (sleeper train) From inauguration in 1927 it ran to Aberdeen, but this was soon after changed to Glasgow.
Night Scotsman[4][5] LNER / BR London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley (sleeper train) 1930s to transfer of all Scottish sleepers to Euston
Norfolk Coast Express GER London Liverpool Street – Cromer 1907 – 1914
The Norfolkman BR Sheringham – London Liverpool Street 1947 – 1962; 1993 – 2000
Norseman[62] London King's Cross – Newcastle Tyne Commission Quay (to connect with Bergen Line or Fred Olsen Line shipping services to Norway). 1947 – 1966
North Briton[10][11] Glasgow Queen Street – Leeds 1952 – 1968; 1972 – 1975
Northern Irishman (sleeper train)[63] London Euston – Stranraer Harbour 1952 – 1966
Northern Lights GNER / NXEC / VTEC Aberdeen – London King's Cross present
The Northumbrian[5][21] BR London King's Cross – Newcastle 1949 – 1964
Orcadian[56] LMS Inverness – to Wick 1936 – 1939
Olympic Javelin Southeastern High Speed London St Pancras – Ashford International 2012 – present
Palatine LMS / BR Manchester Central – London St Pancras 1938 – 1964
Peaks Express LMS 1938–1939
Pembroke Coast Express[11] BR / GWR London Paddington – Pembroke Dock 1953 – present
Pines Express[64] SR and LMS / BR Manchester London Road (or Manchester Mayfield), Liverpool and Sheffield Midland – Bournemouth West and Poole 1927 – 1967; revived in the 1980s/90s
Premier Service ATW / TfW Holyhead – Cardiff Central and return 2008 – present
Pullman Limited Express (Pullman train)[65] LBSCR London Victoria – Brighton (via Horsham route) 1881 – 1887
Queen of Scots (Pullman train)[4][5][10][11][22] LNER / BR Glasgow Queen Street – London King's Cross via Harrogate and Leeds Central 1927 – 1939; 1948 – 1978
The Red Dragon[11][66] BR / GWR London Paddington – Carmarthen 1950 – present
The Red Rose[67] BR London Euston – Liverpool Lime Street 1951 – 1966
Robin Hood BR / MML / EMR Nottingham – London St Pancras 1958 – present
Royal Duchy[68] BR / GWR London Paddington – Penzance and Kingswear 1957 – present
Royal Highlander (sleeper train)[69] BR London Euston – Inverness 1927 – 1996
Royal Scot[10][11] LMS / BR / Virgin / Avanti Glasgow Central – London Euston 1927 – 1939; 1948 – 2003; 2021 – present
Royal Wessex[70] SR / BR London Waterloo – Bournemouth Central, Weymouth and Swanage 1951 – 1967
Saint David[71] GWR London Paddington – Swansea present
The Scandinavian[72] BR Liverpool Street – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1950
St Mungo[11] BR Aberdeen – Glasgow Buchanan Street 1948 – present
Scarborough Flyer[10][22] London King's Cross – Scarborough 1927 – 1963
Sheffield Continental EMR Sheffield – London St Pancras (one way only) 2008–present
Silver Jubilee[73] LNER/BR London King's Cross – Newcastle / Edinburgh Waverley (1977) 1935 – 1939; 1977
South Wales Pullman[74][16][i] BR London Paddington – Swansea 1955–1966
South Yorkshireman[11] Bradford Exchange – Sheffield Victoria – London Marylebone 1948–1960
South Yorkshireman EMR Sheffield – London St Pancras 2008 – present
Southern Belle (Pullman train) LBSCR / SR London Victoria – Brighton 1908 – 1934
Sunny South Express[75] LNWR+LBSCR / LMS+SR Liverpool Lime Street – Brighton 1905 – 1939
Sussex Scot BR / Virgin CrossCountry Brighton – Glasgow Central
Brighton – Edinburgh Waverley 		1988 – 2002
Talisman[4][5] BR London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley 1956 – 1991
The Tees Thames[21] London King's Cross – Middlesbrough – Saltburn 1959 – 1961
Tees-Tyne Pullman[11][16][21] London King's Cross – Newcastle 1948 – 2004
Thames-Clyde Express LMS / BR Glasgow Central – Carlisle –Leeds – London St Pancras; before 1966 from Glasgow St Enoch 1927 – 1976
Thames Forth Express
 LMS Edinburgh Waverley – Carlisle –Leeds – London St Pancras
(Re-introduced in 1957 by BR as Waverley) 		1927 – 1939
Thanet Belle[11] (Pullman train)
later the Kentish Belle 		BR London – Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate 1948 – 1951
Torbay Express[11] GWR (original) / BR / GWR London Paddington – Paignton 1923 – present
The Tynesider[5][21] BR London King's Cross – Newcastle Central (sleeper train) 1950 – 1968
Ulster Express[76] LMS
BR 		London Euston – Morecambe and Heysham 1927 – 1975
Venice-Simplon Orient Express Orient Express London Victoria – Paris Est – Venice Santa Lucia 1982 – present
Waverley BR Edinburgh Waverley – Carlisle – Leeds – London St Pancras
(Re-introduction of the LMS service the Thames Forth Express) 		1957 – 1968
Welsh Dragon/Draig Gymreig Virgin London Euston – Holyhead 2004 – present
Welshman LMS London Euston – Holyhead
portions for Llandudno, Porthmadog & Pwllheli
The Wessex Scot[42] BR / Virgin CrossCountry Poole – Glasgow Central 1984 – 2002
West Riding Limited[77] LNER;BR;VTEC;LNER London King's Cross – Bradford Exchange (Bradford Interchange from 1978; Bradford Forster Square from c.1990) 1937 – present
West Riding Pullman[52] LNER London King's Cross – Harrogate and Newcastle 1928 – 1935; (succeeded by the Yorkshire Pullman)
Weymouth Wizard GWR Bristol Temple Meads – Weymouth 2014 – 2017
White Rose[16] BR Bradford Exchange – Leeds – London St Pancras 1949 – 1967
The William Shakespeare[78] BR London Paddington – Stratford-upon-Avon 1951
Y Cymro – The Welshman GWR Swansea and London Paddington 2017
Yorkshire Pullman[16][22] BR London King's Cross – Hull, Bradford Exchange and Harrogate 1935 – 1978
Yorkshire Pullman[79] BR London King's Cross – Leeds 1985 – 2004
Zephyr[2] Grand Central Sunderland – London King's Cross (one way only) 2008[2] – 2010[citation needed]

The National Railway Museum, York, has a wall in the Great Hall where the headboards of a number of named trains are displayed. These include:

ANGLO-SCOTTISH CAR CARRIER, BRISTOLIAN*, BROADSMAN*, CALEDONIAN*, CAMBRIAN RADIO CRUISE, CAPITALS LIMITED*+, CAPITALS UNITED EXPRESS, CHELTENHAM FLYER, COMET*, CONDOR (a named freight train, derived from CONtainer DOoR-to-Door), CORNISH RIVIERA EXPRESS, CORNISHMAN*, CTAC SCOTTISH TOURS EXPRESS+, CUNARD SPECIAL+, DAY CONTINENTAL*, DEVONIAN*, EAST ANGLIAN*, EMERALD ISLE EXPRESS, EMPRESS VOYAGER+, FAIR MAID*+, FENMAN*, HARROGATE SUNDAY PULLMAN*, HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN*, INTER-CITY*, IRISH MAIL*, LAKES EXPRESS*, LANCASTRIAN*, MANXMAN*+, MASTER CUTLER*, MAYFLOWER*, MERSEYSIDE EXPRESS*+, MID-DAY SCOT*+, MIDLANDER*, NIGHT SCOTSMAN*, NORFOLKMAN*, NORSEMAN*, NORTH BRITON*, NORTH YORKSHIREMAN*, NORTHERN IRISHMAN*+, NORTHUMBRIAN*+, PALATINE*, PEMBROKE COAST EXPRESS+, QUEEN OF SCOTS*, RED DRAGON*, RED ROSE*, ROBIN HOOD*+, ROYAL DUCHY*, ROYAL HIGHLANDER*+, SCARBOROUGH FLIER, SCARBOROUGH FLYER*, SHAMROCK*+, SOUTH WALES PULLMAN*, TEES-THAMES*, THAMES-CLYDE EXPRESS*, TORBAY EXPRESS, ULSTER EXPRESS, WELSH CHIEFTAIN*, WELSHMAN*, WEST RIDING*

* indicates that the name is prefixed by "THE".

+ indicates that more than one version is on display.[80]

See also railwaybritain.co.uk for a description of a number of Boat Trains, some of which are included in the lists above.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d One of the Blue Pullman trains.
  2. ^ Advertised as non-stop in summer 1962 but stopped for crew change at Newcastle after introduction of Deltic traction.
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  2. ^ a b c d "Grand Central" (PDF). Newsrail Express. No. 362. Association of Train Operating Companies. 22 March 2008. p. 12. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ LNER Passenger Services Timetable 7 October 1946 to 4 May 1947
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Allen, C J. British Express Trains No 5 - Anglo-Scottish Services and Scottish Region; Ian Allan (1960)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i British Railways (N E Region) leaflet BR 35109/1 Named Trains on the East Coast Main Line
  6. ^ a b British Rail Passenger Timetable 17 May 1982 to 15 May 1983
  7. ^ Allen (1947), p. 67.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Meet our trains". Great Western Railway. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b Allen, Cecil J. (1960). ABC of British Express Trains No 2 - Southern Region. Ian Allan. OCLC 226176356.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cited as an example of one of the 'more than 50 named trains' run by British Railways in the 1952 edition of Facts and Figures about British Railways published by the British Transport Commission for railway employees
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Bonavia, Michael R. (1979). The birth of British Rail. London: Allen & Unwin. OCLC 59803166.
  12. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 468.
  13. ^ a b Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 590.
  14. ^ a b Semmens, P.W.B. (October 1988). "Blackpool for the Continent". Railway Magazine. London. p. 638.
  15. ^ a b c Cowley, Ian (1987). Anglia East - The Transformation of a Railway. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. p. 64. ISBN 0-7153-8978-5.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Advertised as a Pullman Train in November 1965 issue of the ABC Railway Guide
  17. ^ "The London Letter". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 22 April 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2023. This summer there will be at least three newly named trains of particular interest to Aberdeen. They will be seen daily at the Joint Station. Until now they have been running between Aberdeen and Glasgow nameless. After May 23 they will carry the titles "The Bon Accord", "The Granite City" and "The St Mungo." Engine-number spotters will have this additional attraction to brighten this popular pastime this summer. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  18. ^ Smail, H.C.P. (1955). "By Pullman to Brighton". Sussex County Magazine. Vol. 29. Eastbourne.
  19. ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1960). ABC of British Express Trains No 1 - Western Region. Ian Allan.
  20. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 24.
  21. ^ a b c d e Allen,C J. British Express Trains No 4 - Eastern, N E Regions; Ian Allan (1959)
  22. ^ a b c d e f British Railways Eastern Region Passenger Timetable 11 June to 16 September 1956
  23. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 590.
  24. ^ a b Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 201.
  25. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 141.
  26. ^ "G.W.R. Express Titles". Western Daily Press. England. 9 July 1927. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "London North Eastern Railway named train celebrates King's Coronation". railadvent.co.uk. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  28. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 227.
  29. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 159.
  30. ^ "Clansman". Aberdeen Press and Journal. England. 31 December 1975. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ a b c d Allen, Cecil J. (1960). ABC of British Express Trains No No 3 - London Midland Region. Ian Allan. OCLC 226176429.
  32. ^ a b Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 631.
  33. ^ a b "Next Monday Week". Rugby Advertiser. England. 16 September 1949. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  34. ^ "BR line up a new look for InterCity". South Wales Echo. 30 December 1986. p. 10. Retrieved 30 April 2023. The mid-morning Newcastle-Penzance train is to be named The Cornishman with a two-hour cut in journey time and a new all-year service from Scotland to the South West of England to be called The Cornish Scot. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  35. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 207.
  36. ^ Hughes, Geoffrey (1996). LNER (3 ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 152. ISBN 0-7110-1428-0.
  37. ^ "The titled Trains of Britain - Part One". The Railway Magazine. November 2011.
  38. ^ "GWR - B3 Train Times" (PDF). GWR. 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  39. ^ Haws, Duncan (1993). Merchant Fleets - Britain's Railway Steamers Eastern and North Western Companies + Zeeland and Stena. Hereford: TCL Publications. p. 204. ISBN 0-946378-22-3.
  40. ^ "More trains, faster journeys promised". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 21 April 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 30 April 2023. The Devon Scot will retimed to leave Aberdeen later at 0900, and still arrive earlier in Plymouth at 2104. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  41. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 110, 700.
  42. ^ a b "Welcome to the new high speed service". Reading Evening Post. 8 November 1991. p. 19. Retrieved 30 April 2023. OUR Birmingham shopping trip offer marks the introduction of Inter City 125 trains to provide exciting new services for Reading rail users. The Dorset Scot Poole to Edinburgh service runs via Birmingham Sheffield, Leeds, York and Newcastle, and back, while the Wessex Scot covers the route from Bournemouth to Glasgow, taking in Birmingham, Crewe, Preiton, Lancaster and Carlisle. The Pines Express travels between Poole and Manchester, with stops at Birmingham, Stoke-On-Trent and Stockport. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  43. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 618.
  44. ^ The Railway Magazine. July 1958. p. 443. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  45. ^ "List of BR named trains".
  46. ^ "The 'European'". Grantham Journal. 20 May 1983. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2023. A NEW train named The European" — an extension of British Rail Inter City Europe rail and sea links — is calling at Grantham on each direction. "The European" provides Glasgow, Cumbria, the North-West and principal towns in Central England with a valuable direct connection to the heart of Europe via the Harwich / Hook of Holland sea route – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  47. ^ a b Bonavia, Michael Robert (1981). British Rail - the first 25 Years. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8002-4.
  48. ^ Lee, Charles E. (August 1958). "Named British Express trains". The Railway Magazine. London. pp. 530–535.
  49. ^ Miles, Tony (July 2011). "East Coast reports successful start". Modern Railways. London. p. 14.
  50. ^ National Rail Timetable 23 May 2010 - December 2010, Table 26 (PDF). Network Rail. p. 4.
  51. ^ a b Lydall, Ross (5 May 2023). "The Flying Carolean: Royal train gets era of King Charles III off to high-speed start". Evening Standard. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  52. ^ a b "New Pullman Service". Hull Daily Mail. England. 26 October 1935. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  53. ^ Allen (1947), p. 95.
  54. ^ National Rail Timetable 23 May 2010 - December 2010, Table 26 (PDF). Network Rail. p. 5.
  55. ^ Nottingham Evening Post. 8 August 1930. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  56. ^ a b c Allen (1947), p. 97.
  57. ^ a b "Summer Services. More and Faster Trains Next Week". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 8 July 1927. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  58. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 291.
  59. ^ Bradshaw's (January 1960), p. 629.
  60. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 31.
  61. ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1967). Titled Trains of Great Britain (5th ed.). London: Ian Allan. p. 132.
  62. ^ "Winter withdrawal of trains". Birmingham Daily Post. 2 September 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2023. British Railways Eastern Region announces the following principal alterations in services to operate from September 15 until further notice:— Withdrawals: The Capitals Limited 9.35 am Kings Cross to Edinburgh; The Scarborough Flyer 11.20 am Kings Cross; The Easterling to and from Liverpool Street Yarmouth and Lowestoft; The Norseman boat train 9.0 am Kings Cross to Newcastle – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  63. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 572.
  64. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 492.
  65. ^ Smail, H.C.P. (1955). "By Pullman to Brighton". Sussex County Magazine. Vol. 29. Eastbourne.
  66. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 32.
  67. ^ "Red Rose Late". Liverpool Echo. 5 January 1965. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2023. The 4.30 p.m. (Red Rose) train from Lime Street, due in London at 1.21 p.m. arrived at 9.32 p.m. 72 minutes late. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)
  68. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 69.
  69. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 574.
  70. ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 440.
  71. ^ "Great Western Railway - Timetable BT" (PDF). GWR. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  72. ^ Phillips, Charles (1982). Essex Steam. Becknell Books. p. 23. ISBN 0-907087-10-8.
  73. ^ "Silver Jubilee". Napier Chronicles.
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