List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom
This is a list 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 or sporadic special trains are not included.
The National Railway Museum has a wall 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*, where * indicates that the name is prefixed by the definite article and + indicates that more than one version is on display.
See also railwaybritain.co.uk for a description of a number of Boat Trains, some of which are included in the lists above.
Notes
- ^ LNER Passenger Services Timetable 7 October 1946 to 4 May 1947
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b British Rail Passenger Timetable 17 May 1982 to 15 May 1983
- ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1947);Titled Trains of Great Britain ; London, Ian Allan Ltd. ; Page 67
- ^ a b c d e "Meet our trains". Great Western Railway. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ a b Allen, Cecil J. (1960). ABC of British Express Trains No 2 - Southern Region. Ian Allan. OCLC 226176356.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 468.
- ^ a b c Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 590.
- ^ a b Semmens, P.W.B. (October 1988). "Blackpool for the Continent". Railway Magazine. London. p. 638.
- ^ 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.
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(help) - ^ 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
- ^ a b c d One of the Blue Pullman trains
- ^ Smail, H.C.P. (1955). "By Pullman to Brighton". Sussex County Magazine. 29. Eastbourne.
- ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1960). ABC of British Express Trains No 1 - Western Region. Ian Allan.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 24.
- ^ a b c d e Allen,C J. British Express Trains No 4 - Eastern, N E Regions; Ian Allan (1959)
- ^ a b c d e f British Railways Eastern Region Passenger Timetable 11 June to 16 September 1956
- ^ a b Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 201.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 141.
- ^ "G.W.R. Express Titles". Western Daily Press. England. 9 July 1927. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 159.
- ^ "Clansman". Aberdeen Press and Journal. England. 31 December 1975. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ a b Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 631.
- ^ a b "Next Monday Week". Rugby Advertiser. England. 16 September 1949. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "The titled Trains of Britain - Part One". Railway Magazine. November 2011.
- ^ 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.
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(help) - ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, pp. 110, 700.
- ^ Advertised as non-stop in summer 1962 but stopped for crew change at Newcastle after introduction of Deltic traction
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 618.
- ^ Railway Magazine July 1958 p. 443
- ^ List of BR named trains
- ^ a b Bonavia, Michael Robert (1981). British Rail - the first 25 Years. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-8002-4.
- ^ Lee, Charles E. (August 1958). "Named British Express trains". Railway Magazine. London. pp. 530–535.
- ^ Miles, Tony (July 2011). "East Coast reports successful start". Modern Railways. London. p. 14.
- ^ National Rail Timetable 23 May 2010 - December 2010, Table 26 (PDF). Network Rail. p. 4.
- ^ a b "New Pullman Service". Hull Daily Mail. England. 26 October 1935. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ National Rail Timetable 23 May 2010 - December 2010, Table 26 (PDF). Network Rail. p. 5.
- ^ Nottingham Evening Post - Friday 8 August 1930
- ^ a b c Allen, Cecil J. (1967). Titled Trains of Great Britain. Ian Allen Ltd. p. 97.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 629.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 31.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 572.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 492.
- ^ Smail, H.C.P. (1955). "By Pullman to Brighton". Sussex County Magazine. 29. Eastbourne.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 32.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 69.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 574.
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 440.
- ^ http://napier-chronicles.co.uk/silver_jubilee.htm
- ^ Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 571.
- ^ Tuffrey, Peter (11 November 2014). "Why can't rail travel still be like this". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Allen, Cecil J (1974). Titled Trains of the Western. Shepperton: Ian Allan Ltd. pp. 22–23. ISBN 07110 0513 3.
- ^ http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/PremierService/
- ^ "Operations News: InterCity East Coast". Railway Magazine. London. March 1995. p. 69.
Works cited
- "Bradshaw's British Railways Official Guide No. 1507". London: Henry Blacklock. 4 January 1960.
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