Named trains: UK.html

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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom.

Train Name	Railway Companies	Train Endpoints	Operated
Aberdonian	British Railways	London – Aberdeen
Altcar Bob	Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway	Altcar and Hillhouse – Southport Central	1906-1938
Atlantic Coast Express	Southern Railway/British Rail	London – Plymouth	1927-1964
Blue Pullman	British Rail/FM Rail
Bournemouth Belle	Southern Railway/British Railways	London Waterloo – Bournemouth Central/Bournemouth West	1931-1967
Brighton Belle	Southern Railway/British Railways	London Victoria – Brighton	1933-1972
Bristolian	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Bristol	1935-present
Caledonian Sleeper	First ScotRail	Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William – London	-present
Cambrian Coast Express	Great Western Railway/British Rail	London – Aberystwyth/Pwllheli	1927-1991
Capitals United Express	British Railways	London – Cardiff/Fishguard Harbour	1950s-1963
Carmarthen Bay Express	GWR	London – Tenby	1920s
Cathedrals Express	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Oxford – Worcester – Hereford	1957-present
Cheltenham Spa Express (aka. the "Cheltenham Flyer")	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Cheltenham Spa	1923-present
Cornish Riviera Express	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Penzance	1904-present
Cornish Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Penzance – Glasgow
Cornishman	GWR/British Rail	London Paddington – Penzance London Paddington – Penzance Wolverhampton – Penzance	1890-1904 1935-1936 1951-1975
Coronation
Coronation Scot	LMS	London – Glasgow	1937-1939
Cotswolds and Malvern Express	GWR/British Rail/Wessex Trains	Bristol – Great Malvern	-present
Day Continental	British Railways	London – Parkeston
Devon Belle	Southern Railway/British Rail	London – Plymouth/Ilfracombe	1947-1954
Devon Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Plymouth – Carlisle – Aberdeen
Devonian	London, Midland and Scottish Railway/British Rail	Bradford Forster Square – Bristol Temple Meads (Winter) – Paignton (Summer)
Dorset Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Poole – Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Edinburgh
Draig Gymreig / Welsh Dragon	Virgin Trains	Holyhead – London	2004-present
Elizabethan (passenger train)	British Railways	London – Edinburgh
Fenman	British Railways	London – Hunstanton (from 1969 London – King's Lynn)
Flying Dutchman	Great Western Railway / Bristol and Exeter Railway	London – Exeter	1849-1892
Flying Scotsman	Joint GNR + NER / LNER / British Railways / British Rail / GNER	London – Edinburgh	1862-present
Golden Arrow	Southern Railway/British Railways	London – Dover	1929-1972
Golden Hind	First Great Western	Penzance – London	-present
Granite City	British Railways	Aberdeen – Glasgow
Highland Chieftain	GNER	Inverness – London	-present
Hull Executive	British Rail/GNER	London – Hull	1978-present
Irish Mail	LNWR / LMS / British Rail/Virgin Trains	London – Holyhead	1849-
Lancastrian	LMS	London – Manchester
Manchester Pullman	British Rail	Manchester – London
Master Cutler	Great Central Railway	London – Sheffield Victoria	unknown
Master Cutler	British Rail/Midland Mainline	London – Sheffield – Leeds	1947-present
Mayflower	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Plymouth	-present
Midland Pullman	British Rail	Manchester – London
Midlands Express	British Rail/Midland Mainline	London – Sheffield	-present
Night Ferry	Southern Railway/British Rail	London – Dover	1936-1980
Night Riviera	First Great Western	Penzance – London	-present
Nightstar
Norfolkman	British Railways	London – Sheringham
Northern Lights	GNER	Aberdeen – London	-present
Palatine	LMS	Manchester – London
Peaks	LMS	Manchester – London
Pembroke Coast Express	British Railways/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Pembroke Dock	1950s-present
Pines Express	Joint SR+LMS, later British Railways	Manchester – Bournemouth	1927-1967
Queen of Scots (passenger train)	LNER/British Railways also Scottish Highland Railway Company	London – Glasgow	????-19??
Red Dragon (passenger train)	British Railways British Rail/First Great Western)	London – Carmarthen or Swansea	1951-present
Robin Hood	British Rail/Midland Mainline	London – Nottingham – Sheffield	-present
Royal Duchy	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Penzance	-present
Royal Scot	LNWR/LMS/British Rail/Virgin	London – Glasgow	1862-2003
Royal Wessex	Southern Railway/British Railways	London Waterloo – Bournemouth	1951-?
Saint David	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Swansea	-present
Severn Valley Limited
Severn Valley Venturer
Silver Jubilee	LNER	London – Newcastle	1935-1939
Sussex Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Brighton – Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Waverley	1988-2002
Talisman	British Railways	London – Edinburgh
Tees-Tyne Pullman	British Railways	London – Newcastle
Thames-Clyde Express	LMS/British Railways	London – Glasgow
Thames Forth Express (aka. Waverley)	LMS	London – Edinburgh
Torbay Express	GWR/British Rail/First Great Western	London – Torquay – Paignton	– present
Virgin Invader	Virgin Trains	London – Liverpool	2002-present
Venice-Simplon Orient Express	Orient Express	London – Venice	1982-present
Waverley	LMS	London – Edinburgh
Welsh Dragon / Draig Gymreig	Virgin Trains	Holyhead – London	2004-present
Welshman		London – Llandudno/Pwllheli/Porthmadog
The Wessex Scot	British Rail/Virgin Trains	Poole – Glasgow
White Rose	British Railways	London – Leeds