Former named railway service from London King's Cross to Newcastle via Harrogate, in England
 Advert from the Illustrated London News, 14 July 1923. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Passenger train |
| First service | 9 July 1923 |
| Last service | 1928 |
| Successor | West Riding Pullman |
| Current operator(s) | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Route | |
| Termini | London King's Cross Newcastle |
| Distance travelled | Leeds, Harrogate, Ripon, Darlington |
| Service frequency | Daily |
| Line(s) used | East Coast Main Line |
The Harrogate Pullman was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.
History
The Harrogate Pullman was introduced into service by the London and North Eastern Railway and began operating in 1923 between London King’s Cross and Newcastle, via Harrogate and Ripon.
It comprised 12 new specially-built Pullman cars costing £70,000 (equivalent to £5,040,000 in 2023) for the service. The supplement to travel on the service was 10s 1st class (equivalent to £36.02 in 2023) and 6s 3rd class (equivalent to £21.61 in 2023).
In 1928 it was renamed the West Riding Pullman which in 1935 became the Yorkshire Pullman.
In 1928 it became Queen of Scots.
References
- Hughes, Geoffrey (1996). LNER (3 ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 152. ISBN 0-7110-1428-0.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- "The Charms of Harrogate". The Sphere. England. 14 July 1923. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Notes from Here and There". The Tatler. England. 11 July 1923. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "New Pullman Service". Hull Daily Mail. England. 26 October 1935. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- Railway magazine 1927 p499