 Up Capitals Limited at Wymondley, south of Hitchin, on 8 September 1951 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Passenger train |
| First service | 23 May 1949 |
| Last service | 1952 |
| Successor | Elizabethan |
| Former operator(s) | BR |
| Route | |
| Start | London King’s Cross |
| End | Edinburgh Waverley, through coaches to Aberdeen |
| Service frequency | Daily |
The Capitals Limited was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. [1]
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 [2] which was scheduled to leave King's Cross at 9.30am, with the service in the return direction leaving Edinburgh at 9.45am. [3] The journey time was 8 hours.
In 1951 the service was accelerated to offer a journey time between Edinburgh and London of 7 hours 20 minutes. [4] 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. [5]
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