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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 12 (April 1, 1929)

Long Non-Stop Runs

Long Non-Stop Runs.

Sensational non-stop runs made last summer by the Home Railways have not, after all, become a permanent feature of the passenger time-table. During the summer tourist season, the traffic between London and Scotland is exceptionally heavy, and there is much competition between the L.M. and S. and L. and N.E. systems for this valuable business, which is worked out of the Euston and King's Cross terminals in London respectively. The practice of non-stop running, although proving an immense asset in the attraction of summer tourist travel, has apparently been found a somewhat costly and impracticable affair for working during the slack winter season.

With the introduction of the winter bookings, the “Flying Scotsman” train between King's Cross and Edinburgh ceased to be a non-stop limited, and commenced to call at four intermediate points. On the L.M. and S. route to the north, calls for passengers are made at three intermediate points by the summer non-stop “Royal Scot.” Con-currently with the cessation of the non-stop Anglo-Scottish runs, the Great Western “Cornish Riviera Limited” ceased to be a non-stop as between Paddington station, London and Plymouth, and a stop was introduced at Exeter, giving fast service to the winter holiday resort of Torquay and sunny South Devon generally.

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