Named Trains


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Southern Railway (SR) area:

 

Services from London Waterloo:

 

The Bournemouth Belle

London Waterloo to Bournemouth West (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Devon Belle

London Waterloo to Ilfracombe & Plymouth Friary (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Royal Wessex

London Waterloo to Bournemouth West / Swanage / Weymouth

 

The Atlantic Coast Express

London Waterloo to Exeter, Ilfracombe, Bude, Plymouth & Padstow

 

The Dorset Coast Express

London Waterloo to Swanage

 

The Cunarder

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Luxury PULLMAN Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the legendary RMS Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ocean liners and the Cunard Line transatlantic liner service bound for New York, USA)

 

The Statesman

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Luxury PULLMAN Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the S.S. United States ocean liner and the United States Lines transatlantic liner service bound for New York, USA)

 

The Union Castle Express

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Union-Castle Line ocean liner service bound for South Africa)

 

The Holland American

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Holland America Line transatlantic liner service bound for New York, USA)

 

The South American

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Royal Mail Lines ocean liner service bound for South America)

 

The Greek Line

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Greek Line transatlantic liner service bound for New York, USA)

 

The Sitmar Line

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Sitmar Line ocean liner service bound for Australia)


The Oriana

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the S.S. Oriana ocean liner and the P&O-Orient Lines ocean liner service bound for Australia)


The Canberra

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the S.S. Canberra ocean liner and the P&O-Orient LInes ocean liner service bound for Australia)

 

The Normandy Express

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry service bound for Le Havre, France)

 

The Brittany Express

London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry service bound for St Malo, France)

 

The Channel Islands Boat Train

London Waterloo to Weymouth Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry service bound for the Channel Islands)

 

Services from London Victoria:

 

The Brighton Belle

London Victoria to Brighton (Luxury electric PULLMAN train service)

 

The Thanet Belle

London Victoria to Ramsgate (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Kentish Belle

London Victoria to Ramsgate (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Eastbourne Pullman

London Victoria to Eastbourne (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Man of Kent

London Charing Cross to Folkestone & Margate

 

The Golden Arrow

London Victoria to Dover Marine (Luxury PULLMAN Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry service bound for Calais Maritime, France and onward “Fleche D’Or” luxury CIWL PULLMAN Boat Train service to Paris Nord)


The Night Ferry

London Victoria to Paris Nord via the Dover Marine to Dunkerque Maritime train ferry

(Luxury International CIWL Wagon-Lits Sleeper Train service)

 

The Venice Simplon Orient Express

London Victoria to Folkestone Harbour (Luxury BRITISH PULLMAN train service)

(Connects with the VSOE coach service via the Channel Tunnel bound for Calais Ville, France and onward “Venice Simplon Orient Express" Continental VSOE Wagon-Lits train service to Paris, Innsbruck, Verona and Venice)


The Gatwick Express

London Victoria to Gatwick Airport (Airport Express service)

(Connects with air services to destinations around the world from London Gatwick Airport)

 

Great Western Railway (GWR) area:

 

The Cornish Riviera

London Paddington to Plymouth North Road & Penzance

 

The Royal Duchy

London Paddington to Plymouth North Road & Penzance

 

The Golden Hind

London Paddington to Plymouth North Road & Penzance

 

The Mayflower

London Paddington to Plymouth North Road

 

The Torbay Express

London Paddington to Kingswear (for Dartmouth)

(Connects with the railway ferry service across to Dartmouth on the other side of the River Dart)

 

The Night Riviera

London Paddington to Plymouth North Road & Penzance (Sleeper Train service)

 

The Bristolian

London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads


The Merchant Venturer

London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads / Weston super Mare


The Bristol Pullman

London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads (Luxury BLUE PULLMAN train service)

 

The Red Dragon

London Paddington to Cardiff Central & Swansea High Street

 

The Capitals Limited

London Paddington to Cardiff Central & Swansea High Street

 

The St David

London Paddington to Cardiff Central & Swansea High Street

 

The South Wales Pullman

London Paddington to Cardiff Central & Swansea High Street (Luxury PULLMAN train service)


The South Wales Pullman

London Paddington to Cardiff Central & Swansea High Street (Luxury BLUE PULLMAN train service)

 

The Pembroke Coast Express

London Paddington to Carmarthen & Pembroke Dock


The Irishman

London Paddington to Fishguard Harbour (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry service bound for Rosslare Harbour, Ireland)

 

The Cheltenham Spa Express

London Paddington to Gloucester & Cheltenham Spa (St James)


The Oxford Pullman

London Paddington to Oxford (Luxury BLUE PULLMAN train service)


The Cathedrals Express

London Paddington to Worcester & Hereford

The William Shakespeare

London Paddington to Stratford upon Avon / Birmingham Snow Hill & Wolverhampton Low Level


The Inter-City

London Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill & Wolverhampton Low Level


The Birmingham Pullman

London Paddington to Birmingham Snow Hill & Wolverhampton Low Level (Luxury BLUE PULLMAN train service)


The Cambrian Coast Express

London Paddington to Aberystwyth / Barmouth & Pwllhelli


The Cornishman

Wolverhampton Low Level to Penzance (Cross Country train service)


The Ocean Mails

London Paddington to Plymouth Millbay Docks (Luxury SUPER SALOONS Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the ocean liner services from Plymouth Sound)

 

The Heathrow Express

London Paddington to Heathrow Airport (Airport Express service)

(Connects with air services to destinations around the world from London Heathrow Airport)

 

The Heathrow Connect

London Paddington to Heathrow Airport (Airport stopping service)

(Connects with air services to destinations around the world from London Heathrow Airport)


London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) area:

 

Services from London Kings Cross:

 

The Coronation

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley (Luxury high speed STREAMLINER train service)

 

The Flying Scotsman

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley

 

The Scottish Pullman

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley & Glasgow Central

 

The Elizabethan

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley (non stop train service)

 

The Queen of Scots

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley & Glasgow Queen Street via Leeds and Harrogate (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Night Scotsman

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley (Sleeper Train service)


The Highlandman

London Kings Cross to Fort William / Inverness (Sleeper Train service)


The Highland Chieftain

London Kings Cross to Inverness via Stirling and Perth

 

The Talisman

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley

 

The Fair Maid

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley & Perth

 

The Heart of Midlothian

London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley

 

The Northern Belle

London Kings Cross to Scotland (Land Cruise Train service)

 

The Northern Lights

London Kings Cross to Aberdeen

 

The Aberdonian

London Kings Cross to Aberdeen (Sleeper Train service)

 

The Silver Jubilee

London Kings Cross to Newcastle upon Tyne (Luxury high speed STREAMLINER train service)

 

The Tees-Tyne Pullman

London Kings Cross to Newcastle upon Tyne (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Tynesider

London Kings Cross to Newcastle upon Tyne (Sleeper Train service)

 

The Northumbrian

London Kings Cross to Newcastle upon Tyne

 

The West Riding Limited

London Kings Cross to Leeds & Bradford (Luxury high speed STREAMLINER train service)

 

The Harrogate Sunday Pullman

London Kings Cross to Leeds Central, Bradford Exchange & Harrogate (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The Yorkshire Pullman

London Kings Cross to Leeds Central, Bradford Exchange, Harrogate & Hull (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The West Riding

London Kings Cross to Leeds Central & Bradford Exchange


The White Rose

London Kings Cross to Leeds Central & Bradford Exchange

 

The Hull Executive

London Kings Cross to Hull Paragon


The Master Cutler

London Kings Cross to Sheffield Victoria (Luxury PULLMAN train service)

 

The North Briton

Leeds City to Glasgow Queen Street via York

 

The Fife Coast Express

Glasgow Queen Street to St Andrews

 

The Scarborough Flyer

London Kings Cross to York & Scarborough Spa

 

The Tees-Thames

London Kings Cross to Middlesborough & Saltburn on Sea


The Humber-Lincs Executive

London Kings Cross to Cleethorpes


The Norseman

London Kings Cross to Tyne Commission Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Bergen Line ferry service bound for Bergen, Norway)


The Butlins Express

London Kings Cross to Skegness (Butlins Holiday Camp Train service)


Services from London Liverpool Street:

 

The East Anglian

London Liverpool Street to Norwich

 

The Broadsman

London Liverpool Street to Norwich & Sheringham

 

The Norfolkman

London Liverpool Street to Norwich & Sheringham

 

The Easterling

London Liverpool Street to Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth

 

The Fenman

London Liverpool Street to Kings Lynn via Cambridge & Ely

 

The Norfolk Coast Express

London Liverpool Street to Cromer & Sheringham

 

The Essex Coast Express

London Liverpool Street to Clacton on Sea / Walton on Naze


The Eastern Belle

London Liverpool Street to East Anglia (Land Cruise Train service)

The Butlins Express

London Liverpool Street to Clacton on Sea (Butlins Holiday Camp Train service)


The Hook Continental

London Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry service bound for Hook of Holland, The Netherlands)

 

The Day Continental

London Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the SMZ Zeeland Steamship Company ferry service bound for Hook of Holland, The Netherlands)

 

The Flushing Continental

London Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the SMZ Zeeland Steamship Company ferry service bound for Vlissingen (Flushing), The Netherlands)

 

The Scandinavian

London Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the DFDS ferry service bound for Esbjerg, Denmark)

 

The Antwerp Continental

London Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the SMZ Zeeland Steamship Company ferry service bound for Antwerp, Belgium)

 

The Stansted Express

London Liverpool Street to Stansted Airport (Airport Express service)

(Connects with air services to destinations around the world from London Stansted Airport)

 

Services from London Marylebone:

 

The Master Cutler

London Marylebone to Sheffield Victoria

 

The South Yorkshireman

London Marylebone to Bradford Exchange via Huddersfield & Halifax


Other Services:

 

The Lothian Coast Express

Glasgow Queen Street to North Berwick

 

The Fife Coast Express

Glasgow Queen Street to St Andrews
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London & Midland Scottish Railway (LMS) area:

 

Services from London Euston:

 

The Coronation Scot

London Euston to Glasgow Central (Luxury high speed STREAMLINER train service)

 

The Royal Scot

London Euston to Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Princes Street

 

The Mid Day Scot

London Euston to Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Princes Street

 

The Caledonian

London Euston to Glasgow Central

 

The Night Scot

London Euston to Glasgow Central (Sleeper Train service)


The Royal Highlander

London Euston to Perth & Inverness (Sleeper Train service)

 

The Clansman

London Euston to Inverness


The Northern Irishman

London Euston to Stranraer Harbour (Boat Train and Sleeper Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry services bound for Larne, Northern Ireland)

 

The Merseyside Express

London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street


The Red Rose

London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street


The Manxman

London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. ferry services from Pier Head bound for Douglas, Isle of Man)


The Shamrock

London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Coast Lines ferry services from Pier Head bound for Belfast, Northern Ireland and Dublin, Ireland)


The Empress Voyager

London Euston to Liverpool Riverside (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Canadian Pacific Steamships ocean liner services bound for Canada)

 

The Cunard Special

London Euston to Liverpool Riverside (Ocean Liner Express Boat Train service)

(Connects with the Cunard Line ocean liner service bound for Canada)

 

The Manchester Pullman

London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly (Luxury PULLMAN train service)


The Mancunian

London Euston to Manchester London Road (now known as Manchester Piccadilly)

 

The Lancastrian

London Euston to Manchester London Road (now known as Manchester Piccadilly)

 

The Comet

London Euston to Manchester London Road (now known as Manchester Piccadilly)

 

The Welshman

London Euston to Llandudno / Pwllhelli

 

The Welsh Dragon

London Euston to Holyhead

 

The Irish Mail

London Euston to Holyhead (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry services bound for Dun Laoghaire, Ireland)

 

The Emerald Isle Express

London Euston to Holyhead (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry services bound for Dun Laoghaire, Ireland)


The Midlander

London Euston to Birmingham New Street & Wolverhampton High Level

 

The Blackpool & Fylde Coast Express

London Euston to Blackpool

 

The Southport Express

London Euston to Southport


The Blackpool Express

London Euston to Blackpool North

The Lakes Express

London Euston to Windermere


The Ulster Express

London Euston to Fleetwood (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry services bound for Belfast, Northern Ireland)

 

The Ulster Express

London Euston to Heysham Port (Boat Train service)

(Connects with the railway ferry services bound for Belfast, Northern Ireland)

 

Services from London St Pancras:

 

The Thames-Clyde Express

London St Pancras to Glasgow St Enoch

 

The Thames-Forth Express

London St Pancras to Edinburgh Waverley

 

The Waverley

London St Pancras to Edinburgh Waverley

The Midland Pullman

London St Pancras to Manchester Central (Luxury BLUE PULLMAN train service)

The Peak Express

London St Pancras to Manchester Central

 

The Palatine

London St Pancras to Manchester Central