Harrogate Pullman
The Harrogate Pullman was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.
 Advert from the Illustrated London News, 14 July 1923. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Passenger train |
| First service | 9 July 1923 |
| Last service | 1928 |
| Successor | West Riding Pullman |
| Current operator(s) | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Route | |
| Start | London King's Cross |
| End | Newcastle |
| Distance travelled | Leeds, Harrogate, Ripon, Darlington |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Line(s) used | East Coast Main Line |
History
The Harrogate Pullman was introduced into service by the London and North Eastern Railway and began operating in 1923 between London King’s Cross and Newcastle, via Harrogate and Ripon.[1]
It comprised 12 new specially-built Pullman cars costing £70,000 (equivalent to £4,020,000 in 2019)[2] for the service.[3] The supplement to travel on the service was 10s 1st class (equivalent to £28.73 in 2019)[2] and 6s 3rd class[4] (equivalent to £17.24 in 2019).[2]
In 1928 it was renamed the West Riding Pullman[5] which in 1935 became the Yorkshire Pullman.
In 1928 it became Queen of Scots.[6]
References
- Hughes, Geoffrey (1996). LNER (3 ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 152. ISBN 0-7110-1428-0.
- UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- "The Charms of Harrogate". The Sphere. England. 14 July 1923. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Notes from Here and There". The Tatler. England. 11 July 1923. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "New Pullman Service". Hull Daily Mail. England. 26 October 1935. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Railway magazine 1927 p499
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