| Named train - but where did it run? Posted by grahame at 17:11, 8th September 2026 |     |
Named trains like the "Cornish Riviera Express", the "Atlantic Coast Express", and the "Bewdley Flyer" contain an indication in their very names of their destination areas - but that's not obvious from all train names from the past. For how many of these can you identify the route served?
Benjamin Britten
Clansman
Elizabethan
Enterprise
Fair Maid
Flying Kipper
Highlandman
Highwayman
Hogwarts Express
Inter City Express
Palatine
Pines Express
Red Dragon
Sunny South Express
Talisman
Zephyr
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by Oxonhutch at 18:40, 8th September 2026 | |
Pines Express ran between Manchester and Bournemouth West over the old, and beloved, S&DJR.
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by Chris from Nailsea at 19:16, 8th September 2026 | |
The Hogwarts Express is the iconic red steam train (a GWR engine, 5972, built in Swindon) from the Harry Potter series that carries students from Platform 9¾ at King's Cross Station to Hogsmeade Station, via the Glenfinnan Viaduct.
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by Trowres at 19:58, 8th September 2026 | |
"Clansman" was Euston-Inverness in both directions.
The only one in the list that I can recall travelling with.
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by grahame at 20:00, 8th September 2026 | |
"Clansman" was Euston-Inverness in both directions.
The only one in the list that I can recall travelling with.
The only one in the list that I can recall travelling with.
Ditto.
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by Trowres at 20:03, 8th September 2026 | |
The "Red Dragon", unsurprisingly, was Paddington-Swansea. Modelled by the original Hornby Dublo.
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by John D at 20:06, 8th September 2026 | |
Palatine ran from London St Pancras to Manchester Central using the now closed line through Peak District via Matlock and Chinley
Not very commonly known is The Pines Express was the only Express that used the Bushbury Junction to Portobello Junction (near Wolverhampton) and Walsall - Sutton Coldfield - Kings Norton route. It missed out Birmingham New Street. And for years had a through coach to Liverpool
| Re: Named train - but where did it run? Posted by Mark A at 20:27, 8th September 2026 | |
'Ports to Ports Express'. Need a time machine for that one.
