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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 6 (October 1, 1932.)

The World's Fastest Train

The World's Fastest Train.

The record for the fastest daily train in the world still remains with the Great Western Railway of England, the 3.48 p.m. from Swindon to Paddington station, London, covering the 77 1/4 miles in just 67 minutes, an average speed of 69.18 miles per hour. More trains travel at 55 miles an hour and upwards in Britain than in any other country, and recently marked accelerations have been introduced in the Anglo-Scottish services of the London, Midland and Scottish and London and North Eastern lines.

These accelerated services apply not only to famous trains like the “Flying Scotsman” and the “Royal Scot.” Almost all the principal day expresses between London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, have been speeded up, as well as the services linking London with Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, Stirling, and other Scottish points. The principal day expresses betweeen London and Glasgow and Edinburgh now perform the journey in both directions on reduced times, ranging from between 7hr. 50min. to 8 hours, instead of page 20 the previous 8hr. 15min. to 8hr. 30min. To handle the heavy tourist business of the season, non-stop trains have been introduced on both the Anglo-Scottish routes. To-day, the “Flying Scotsman” takes only 7 1/2 hours for the throughout run between King's Cross station, London, and Edinburgh, while the “Royal Scot,” out of Euston station, London, occupies just 7 hours 40 minutes on the trip to Glasgow. The “Flying Scotsman” and the “Royal Scot” are two of the world's most famous
The Holiday Season On The Home Railways. Holiday-makers arriving at Wemyss Bay Station (L.M. and S. Railway), for a Clyde Coast vacation.

The Holiday Season On The Home Railways.
Holiday-makers arriving at Wemyss Bay Station (L.M. and S. Railway), for a Clyde Coast vacation.

trains, and it is interesting to learn that at next year's World's Fair at Chicago, U.S.A., a complete “Royal Scot” passenger train is to be placed on show by the L.M. and S. authorities.