Capitals Limited

The Capitals Limited was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.[1]

Capitals Limited
Up Capitals Limited at Wymondley, south of Hitchin, on 8 September 1951
Overview
Service typePassenger train
First service23 May 1949
Last service1952
SuccessorElizabethan
Former operator(s)BR
Route
StartLondon King’s Cross
EndEdinburgh Waverley, through coaches to Aberdeen
Service frequencyDaily

History

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]

References
  1. Allen, Cecil J. (1967). Titled Trains of Great Britain. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 75.
  2. "New Express Service Inaugurated". The Scotsman. Scotland. 24 May 1949. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The London Letter". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Scotland. 22 April 1949. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Faster Scots expresses". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 2 July 1951. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Speed up of Main Line Trains". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 16 May 1953. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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