London–Edinburgh express services

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The London–Edinburgh express services are high-speed, long-distance passenger train services linking England’s capital with Scotland’s capital along the East Coast Main Line.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf passenger rail service ⓘ
connectsCity Edinburgh ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
endPoint Edinburgh Waverley railway station ⓘ
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley
formerOperator British Rail ⓘ
East Coast (train operating company) ⓘ
GNER ⓘ
InterCity ⓘ
National Express East Coast ⓘ
Virgin Trains East Coast ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
maximumSpeed 125 mph ⓘ
200 km/h ⓘ
notableSection Digswell Viaduct ⓘ
Durham viaduct ⓘ
Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ
operatedBy train operating companies under UK rail franchising and contracts ⓘ
operatesOn standard gauge railway ⓘ
operatorType publicly owned operator (LNER) as of late 2010s and 2020s ⓘ
primaryOperator London North Eastern Railway ⓘ
primaryRoute London King’s Cross – Edinburgh Waverley via Peterborough, York and Newcastle ⓘ
purpose link the capitals of England and Scotland ⓘ
railNetwork National Rail ⓘ
regionServed East of England ⓘ
North East England ⓘ
South East Scotland ⓘ
Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
serviceType high-speed rail ⓘ
long-distance passenger service ⓘ
non-stop or limited-stop service ⓘ
startPoint London King’s Cross railway station ⓘ
stopsAt Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ
Darlington ⓘ
Doncaster ⓘ
Newcastle ⓘ
Peterborough ⓘ
York ⓘ
terminus Edinburgh ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
ticketingSystem UK rail fares system ⓘ
typicalJourneyTime around 4 hours 20 minutes ⓘ
usesRailwayLine East Coast Main Line ⓘ
usesRollingStock LNER Class 800 Azuma ⓘ
LNER Class 801 Azuma ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman → route → London–Edinburgh express services ⓘ
London–Edinburgh rail corridor → formsPartOf → London–Scotland rail services ⓘ
linked to: London–Edinburgh express services
Nigel Gresley → workedOn → East Coast Main Line express services ⓘ
linked to: London–Edinburgh express services
The Capitals Limited → successorServiceType → The Elizabethan non‑stop London–Edinburgh express ⓘ
linked to: London–Edinburgh express services
East Coast Main Line (York–Newcastle section) → usedByService → London–Edinburgh intercity services ⓘ
linked to: London–Edinburgh express services
LNER Class A4 4489 Dominion of Canada → designedFor → East Coast Main Line express services ⓘ
linked to: London–Edinburgh express services