Which London station did the 'Flying Scotsman' depart from on it's daily journey to Edinburgh?
"outside London; it is also the UK's second biggest station in terms of the number of platforms and area size. Waverley is the terminus for most trains arriving from London King's Cross and the departure point for many rail services within Scotland operated by Abellio ScotRail. To the west of the city centre lies Haymarket Station which is an important commuter stop. Opened in 2003, Edinburgh Park station serves the Gyle business park in the west of the city and the nearby Gogarburn headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The Edinburgh Crossrail route connects Edinburgh Park with Haymarket, Edinburgh"
"Flying Scotsman (train) The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862; the name was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by London North Eastern Railway. The East Coast Main Line over which the ""Flying Scotsman"" runs was built in the 19th century by many small railway companies, but mergers and acquisitions led to only three companies controlling the route; the North British Railway (NBR), the North Eastern Railway (NER) and the Great Northern"
"Scotsman"" was an extremely long and heavy train, especially in the days before road and air transport became common. As such, it has required very powerful locomotives. Locomotives used to haul (and in some cases, specifically designed to haul) the ""Flying Scotsman"" have included: Flying Scotsman (train) The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has operated between Edinburgh and London, the capitals of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862; the name was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by London North Eastern Railway. The East Coast Main"
"Scotsman"" was used to haul the inaugural non-stop train from London on 1 May 1928, and it successfully ran the 392 miles between Edinburgh and London without stopping, a record at the time for a scheduled service (although the London Midland & Scottish Railway had four days earlier staged a one-off publicity coup by running the ""Royal Scot's"" Edinburgh section non-stop from Euston - 399.7 miles). The 1928 non-stop ""Flying Scotsman"" had improved catering and other on-board services - even a barber's shop. With the end of the limited speed agreement in 1932, journey time came down to 7 hours"
"number of 4472. From then on it was commonly used for promotional purposes. With suitably modified valve gear, this locomotive was one of five Gresley Pacifics selected to haul the prestigious non-stop ""Flying Scotsman"" train service from London to Edinburgh, hauling the inaugural train on 1 May 1928. For this, the locomotives ran with a new version of the large eight-wheel tender which held nine long tons of coal. This and the usual facility for water replenishment from the water trough system enabled them to travel the from London to Edinburgh in eight hours non-stop. The tender included a corridor"
"the hour and the half-hour. The 'top of the hour' departures continued through to Edinburgh (with the 10:00 keeping the traditional name ""Flying Scotsman""); some of these ran on to either Glasgow Central, Aberdeen or Inverness. These trains generally ran as limited-stop expresses between London and Newcastle: all trains called at York, and most at Peterborough and Darlington, though afternoon and evening departures from King's Cross ran non-stop to Doncaster or York. The trains leaving King's Cross on the half-hour generally terminated at Newcastle and served other intermediate stations such as Grantham, Newark, Retford, Doncaster and Durham as well as"
"was part of a policy to bring back named trains to restore ""a touch of glamour and romance"". However, for the first time in its history, it ran in one direction only: there is no northbound equivalent service. This schedule is maintained today. Northbound, the fastest timetabled London to Edinburgh service now takes 4 hours 19 minutes. In October 2015, 91101 and 82205 were revinyled in a new Flying Scotsman livery. The ""Flying Scotsman"" is the only passenger service to run non-stop through Darlington and York. As a major link between the capital cities of England and Scotland, the ""Flying"
"It was the LNER which, in 1924, officially renamed the 10:00 ""Special Scotch Express"" linking Edinburgh and London in both directions as the ""Flying Scotsman"", its unofficial name since the 1870s. To further publicise the train, a recently built A1 Class locomotive was named after the service, and put on display at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. Due to a long-standing agreement between the competing West Coast and East Coast Main Line routes since the famous railway races of 1888 and 1895, speeds of the Scotch expresses were limited, the time for the between the capitals being a pedestrian 8"
"The Flying Scotsman (1929 film) The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white part-silent film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh, also featuring the famous locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. Directed by Castleton Knight, the thriller is chiefly remembered for being the first acting role of Ray Milland, as well as for its daring stunts performed aboard the moving train. Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job after years of distinguished service. On Bob's last day working aboard the famous Flying Scotsman, a disgruntled fireman, dismissed after being reported for"
"the East Coast Main Line was upgraded, times dropped still further and by the mid-1970s the ""Flying Scotsman"" was reaching Edinburgh in 5 hours 30 minutes, still with one stop at Newcastle. The ultimate Deltic performance came on 2 February 1978 with a run on the 07:25 from Newcastle to King's Cross. In some respects the run was set up (the driver was about to retire) but the speeds were record breaking. The locomotive was 55 008 ""The Green Howards"", it was hauling 10 coaches (343 tons gross), and on the leg from York to London it achieved a timing"
"hauling of the Royal Train, bringing the locomotive to a new audience. Until the run made by ""Tornado"" for ""Top Gear"", the last time a steam train had made a non-stop run from London to Edinburgh was in 1968, with a special charter run by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain (LCGB). The LCGB ran this special train on 1 May 1968, (returning on 4 May), to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first time this journey was made non-stop. On both occasions, the train was hauled by the famous locomotive, No. 4472 ""Flying Scotsman"". In the preservation-era, steam locomotives"
"this as another ""Race to the North"" and started publicising Caledonian arrival times as well. Indeed, Caledonian and then NER put on fast runs for a few days but NBR backed down and the sparring came to an end. In 1927 LNER started the famous non-stop express train Flying Scotsman from London to Edinburgh. Speeds respected the old agreement and so were low, but time was gained through making the run non-stop over the whole distance of 393 miles (632 km). This was done by means of a special corridor tender which allowed engine crew changes at speed. However to"
"Cross and Leeds was generally half-hourly, with all trains serving Wakefield Westgate, most trains serving Peterborough and Doncaster and some serving Stevenage, Grantham, Newark and Retford. A half-hourly service between King's Cross and Newcastle operated for most of the day, departing from London on the hour and on the half-hour. The 'top of the hour' departures continued through to Edinburgh Waverley (with the 10:00 departure keeping the traditional name ""Flying Scotsman""), with a two-hourly extension to Glasgow Central. These trains generally ran as limited-stop expresses between London and Newcastle, all trains called at York, and most at Peterborough and Darlington,"
"took hours to travel from London to Edinburgh; this schedule was reduced by fifteen minutes after trains included restaurant carriages and the stop to allow passengers to eat en route was no longer necessary. When the Coronation Express started in 1937 it took 6 hours to travel from London to Edinburgh. Today, trains cover the distance in under hours, with the 05:40 'Flying Scotsman' service taking exactly 4 hours, between Edinburgh and Kings Cross, making only 1 stop at Newcastle. York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (YN&BR) was an English railway company formed in 1847"
"William insisted that it should travel under its own steam. The route to Derby was lined with crowds. Sir William paid for the locomotive's restoration at Derby Works and two subsequent overhauls in the 23 years that he owned and ran it. Trial runs took place on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway: of which Sir William was Chairman, in summer 1973, after which it was transferred to Steamtown (Carnforth), from where it steamed on regular tours. In December 1977, ""Flying Scotsman"" entered the Vickers Engineering Works, Barrow-in-Furness, for heavy repairs, including an unused replacement boiler. In October 1988, at"
"British Transport Commission on 15 September 1958. An accident occurred at the station on 21 January 1876, when the southbound Flying Scotsman express train from Edinburgh to London was involved in a double collision during a blizzard. Heavy snow had frozen around the semaphore signal arms, causing them to stick in the ""clear"" position, as a result of which the driver of the express was not warned of the presence of a coal train which was backing from the main line into a siding. A collision occurred, and not long after, a northbound express from London to Leeds ran into"
"LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman LNER Class A3 4472 ""Flying Scotsman"" is a Pacific steam locomotive built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. It was employed on long-distance express East Coast Main Line trains by the LNER and its successors, British Railways Eastern and North-Eastern Regions, notably on the London to Edinburgh ""Flying Scotsman"" train service after which it was named. The locomotive set two world records for steam traction, becoming the first steam locomotive to be officially authenticated at reaching on 30 November 1934, and"
"November 2009, East Coast until April 2015, and Virgin Trains East Coast until June 2018. Since then it has been operated by the government-owned London North Eastern Railway. On 23 May 2011 the ""Flying Scotsman"" brand was relaunched for a special daily fast service operated by East Coast departing Edinburgh at 05:40 and reaching London in exactly four hours, calling only at Newcastle. It is operated by an InterCity 225 ""Mallard"" set. 91 class locomotive 91101 and Driving Van Trailer 82205 were turned out in a special maroon livery for the launch of the service. East Coast claimed that this"
"of the film. It is unclear whether it was initially released with sound, with some film historians such as John Huntley claiming it predates ""Blackmail"" to be the earliest British sound film. The BFI film database claims that the soundtrack was added in March 1930. The Flying Scotsman (1929 film) The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white part-silent film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh, also featuring the famous locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman. Directed by Castleton Knight, the thriller is chiefly remembered for being the first acting role of Ray Milland,"
"of 7 hours 20 minutes. In 1953, the train was renamed the ""Elizabethan"", to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and at the same time the journey was reduced to 6 hours 45 minutes. Capitals Limited The Capitals Limited was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. After the Second World War the Flying Scotsman was re-instated as an intermediate stop train, instead of holding its former position as the non-stop London to Edinburgh service. British Rail introduced a new summer-only non-stop express called the ""Capitals Limited"" on 23 May 1949 which was scheduled to leave King’s"
"was a journey of nine hours 15 minutes—the Flying Scotsman left London at 10:00 and took only six hours. However the Waverley provided a useful service from the East Midlands and Yorkshire to Edinburgh, and also provided a direct London service to the small towns on the Settle-Carlisle route, and in the Scottish borders between Carlisle and Edinburgh (the Waverley Route). However, by this time the train had acquired a bad reputation for slowness and unpunctuality The Waverley ceased to run during the winter after 1964, but continued to operate during the summer until September 1968. Waverley (passenger train) The"
"light railway, the only substantial engineering work being a high seven arch viaduct over the Eye. Blasting operation on the construction damaged the engine of the Up Flying Scotsman: Burnmouth: Accident on the Railway. On Thursday morning, the Flying Scotsman, which leaves Edinburgh for Berwick at 10 o'clock, met with an alarming accident near Burnmouth Station. It appears that blasting operations were being conducted on the new Eyemouth railway, where it converges with the North British system, and that a blast occurred just as the Scotsman approached, It was too late to put up a signal against her, and she"
"route. Finally the line from Carstairs to Edinburgh opened on 1 April 1848. At first the southern termination of the line was at Carlisle station, later named Carlisle Citadel; passengers and goods were handled there. The line ran broadly north across gently undulating country at first, crossing the River Esk and entering Scotland near Gretna, then climbing following the Kirtle Water to Lockerbie. Climbing further, the line followed the Annan Water to Beattock, and on to Beattock Summit. Crossing the watershed, the line now descended in the upper Clyde Valley; the course of the Clyde here is much more hilly"
"served along the route from Glasgow Queen Street are listed below. Sleeper services to Fort William start, however, at London Euston, calling at Edinburgh Waverley and Queen Street Low Level (to pick up or set down depending on direction). Glenfinnan Viaduct, on the line between Fort William and Mallaig, is a filming location for the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter series of films. Eddie McConnell's poetic documentary ""A Line for All Seasons"" (1970) showcases the line and its history set against the scenery of the western highlands as it changes through the seasons. Corrour station features in ""Trainspotting"" (1996),"
"and the Glasgow route through Shotts have increased their passenger services considerably, and some reopenings of stations have taken place. The Caledonian Railway entered Edinburgh on 15 February 1848 when it opened its Edinburgh line from Carstairs to a terminus at Lothian Road. A locomotive depot was established at Dalry Road. This completed the first continuous railway line between Edinburgh and England; trains from Edinburgh combined with trains from Glasgow at Carstairs, and ran to London in combination. The rival North British Railway had already opened southwards from Edinburgh but for the time being passengers had to change at Berwick-upon-Tweed"
"Aberdeen to Inverness, supplemented by two Aberdeen to Elgin services that by the late 1970s were running through to Inverness. In 1962 the ""Elizabethan""'s six-hour schedule between London and Edinburgh meant a 9:30 am London departure gave a 9:30 pm arrival at Inverness, with 33 minutes allowed for changing trains at Edinburgh, and a through daytime service from Inverness to London via Perth started in 1974 with the ""Clansman"", and this was replaced in 1984 by the ""Highland Chieftain"" with a schedule of about hours. , the Highland Railway's main lines out of Inverness are used by ScotRail (brand) services"
"Railway succeeding it at the 1923 Grouping. In 1903, the station was renamed as Falkirk High recognising it being one of several stations in the town (the others being and on the to Larbert/Greenhill loop line) and its location above the town. Falkirk High station is open (and staffed) seven days per week; at off-peak times eight trains per hour stop, four for Glasgow via Croy and four for Edinburgh via Polmont and Linlithgow. This drops to every half-hour each way in the evenings. Journey times to Edinburgh vary from 27 minutes to 38 minutes depending on stopping stations and"
"Slateford Station – Haymarket – Princes Street – Meadowbank – Willowbrae - Brunstane – Musselburgh – Wallyford 34 Riccarton – Sighthill – Longstone – Slateford Station – Fountainbridge – Princes Street – Lochend – Leith – Ocean Terminal Skylink 300 Edinburgh Airport – Ingliston Park & Ride – RBS Headquarters - Gyle Centre - Sighthill – Chesser – Fountainbridge – Canongate – Easter Road - Leith – Ocean Terminal N44 Balerno – Currie - Slateford Station – Haymarket – Princes Street – Elm Row Slateford Slateford () is a suburb of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is east of"
"Coronation Scot The Coronation Scot was a named express passenger train of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway inaugurated in 1937 for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth which ran until the start of the war in 1939. It ran on the West Coast Main Line between London (Euston station) and Glasgow (Central station), stopping at Carlisle for crew change and to pick up and set down passengers to and from London only. The service was designed to compete with the rival services on the East Coast Main Line, for prestigious London to Scotland traffic. It was"
"Mid-Day Scot The Mid-Day Scot was a British express passenger train launched in 1927 running from Edinburgh Princes Street and , joining to form a train to . The Mid-Day Scot was introduced by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway company in September 1927. In 1928 a section of the train departed Princes Street at 1.30pm with weekend return fares of £5 10s (1st class) () and £3 6s (3rd class) (). Like many named express trains, the name was discontinued during the Second World War. The name was inherited by the London Midland Region of British Railways and re-instated"
"stop. Just south of the station, there is an important triangular junction (Carstairs Junction) where the WCML divides. The north-westerly route goes via Motherwell to Glasgow and the north-easterly route goes towards Edinburgh, where the East Coast Main Line begins. The southbound route goes towards and London. The line between Edinburgh and Glasgow is the only part of the West Coast Main Line used by London North Eastern Railway services. Carstairs is also a marshalling point and the final boarding point (both sleeping car and overnight coach) in Scotland for the Lowland Caledonian Sleeper trains from Glasgow and Edinburgh to"
"In 1962 Class 55 Deltic took over, and the Deltic-hauled ""Flying Scotsman"" became a centrepiece of BR advertising, as the steam-hauled one had been for the LNER. Under BR, the ""Flying Scotsman"" ceased to be a non-stop train, calling at Newcastle, York and Peterborough. The ""Flying Scotsman"" name has been maintained by the operators of the InterCity East Coast franchise since privatisation of British Rail; the former Great North Eastern Railway even subtitled itself ""The Route of the Flying Scotsman"". The ""Flying Scotsman"" was operated by GNER from April 1996 until November 2007, then by National Express East Coast until"
"original Edinburgh terminus was at Lothian Road, until Princes Street opened on 2 May 1870. It closed under the Beeching Axe in 1965, when the remaining services were diverted to Waverley. The Glasgow terminus was initially Buchanan Street, but when Central opened on 31 July 1879 this became the terminus, and Central has remained the Glasgow terminus ever since. From 1849 to 1869 the Caledonian Railway provided a service from Edinburgh (Lothian Road) to Glasgow (Buchanan Street), by way of Carstairs, Coatbridge and Stepps, although this was a somewhat circuitous route compared to the rival Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway line"