Named trains: UK

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Named passenger trains in the Flag of the United Kingdom 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 Wolverhampton – Penzance 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
Dutchflyer United Kingdom-Netherlands Stena Line, National Express East Anglia, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways)
Draig Gymreig / Welsh Dragon Virgin Trains Holyhead – London 2004-present
Elizabethan (passenger train) British Railways London – Edinburgh
Eurostar London – Brussels
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 / Dundee
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 London – Torquay – Paignton
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