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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 4 (July 1, 1937)

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New streamlined steam passenger services, between London and Scotland, are a feature of the summer working on the Home railways. Commencing, on July 5, streamlined expresses are being run between King's Cross Station, London, and Waverley Station, Edinburgh, over the London and North Eastern route; and between Euston Station, London, and Central Station, Glasgow, over the metals of the London, Midland and Scottish Company. These new daily services, in both directions, bring Edinburgh within six hours of London, and Glasgow within 6½ hours of the metropolis. In September, another daily “streamliner” will operate in both directions between London (King's Cross) and the Yorkshire industrial centres of Leeds and Bradford. These trains will maintain an average speed of 68 m.p.h. Streamlined “Pacifics” have for some time been successfully employed in the “Silver Jubilee” express service of the L. and N.E. line between London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, and it is interesting to note that for the new L.M. and S. express service between Euston and Glasgow streamlined “Princess Elizabeth” type of locomotives are utilised. While streamlining is not essential to the maintenance of high speeds over long distances, experience has shown how great are the increased economies realisable through streamlining at speeds over 70 m.p.h. In the London-Scotland runs, now being introduced, speeds of over 70 m.p.h. are reached, and exceeded, on suitable sections of track.

While southern England has nothing really spectacular to offer this year in the way of new express trains, on the Southern Railway, Coronation year is being marked by the completion early this month of the electrification of the main-line between Waterloo Station, London, and Portsmouth. The naval base of Portsmouth, and the ever popular holiday haunt, the Isle of Wight, are being served by 48 new trains, with a total passenger carrying capacity of 18,000.