(From Our London Correspondent.)

It would seem that in the present year the Home railways are setting up new standards for travel luxury. What rank as the most luxurious passenger coaches ever put on the road are a number of unique first-class carriages, introduced by the London and North Eastern Railway in its far-famed “Flying Scotsman” service between King's Cross Station, London, and Edinburgh. This run, by the way, is again being performed non-stop between London and Edinburgh (392¼ miles) by the employment of locomotives fitted with a corridor tender.

The new first-class cars on the “Flying Scotsman” have no outside compartment doors, access being obtained at either end of the carriages, each of which contain six compartments, four for smokers and two for non-smokers. The compartments are reached by a side corridor, and the interior decorations are electric-blue for the smoking compartments, and rose for the non-smoking. The corridors are carpeted in fawn, with sponge rubber beneath. Fully sprung separate arm-chairs are provided for each passenger, the angle of the seats and backs being adjustable. Each compartment accommodates six passengers. Opposite the sliding door from the corridor, each compartment has a large window of Vita glass. Foot-stools add to the comfort of the passenger, and the windows are draped with side curtains to match the colour of the upholstery. The two toilet compartments in each car are equipped with dressing-tables and full-length mirrors. A special feature is the “Thermo Reg” system of pressure ventilation installed, which, at the will of the passengers, permits of a flow of warm or cold filtered air being passed through the compartment.