| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Passenger train |
| Status | Defunct |
| First service | 1927 |
| Last service | 1963 |
| Current operators | London North Eastern Railway British Railways |
| Route | |
| Termini | London King's Cross Scarborough |
| Stops | York |
| Distance travelled | 230 miles (370 km) |
| Average journey time | 3:55 |
| Service frequency | daily (later, twice daily) |
The Scarborough Flyer was an express passenger train that travelled from London King's Cross to York daily between 1927 and 1963. A fast express to Scarborough was promoted by the LNER immediately after grouping, but it did not gain its name until 1927. The service was split at York railway station en-route to detach carriages for Whitby. The service was no longer named after 1963, but a direct London to Scarborough train continued until the 1980s.
History
editThe Whitby portion of the train was sometime handled by a BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T which made it unusual as tank engines did not normally haul titled trains.[1]
References
edit- ↑ Peel, Dave (2013). "July 1955". The unusual and the unexpected on British railways : a chronology of unlikely events, 1948-1968. Stroud: Fonthill Media. p. 95. ISBN 9781781552346.
Sources
edit- Banks, Steve (2013). LNER passenger trains and formations 1923-67: the principal services. Hersham: OPC. ISBN 086093649X.
External links
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