Harrogate Pullman

Harrogate Pullman
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
Start London King's Cross
End 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 £3,660,000 in 2016)[1] for the service.[2] The supplement to travel on the service was 10s 1st class (equivalent to £26.17 in 2016)[1] and 6s 3rd class[3] (equivalent to £15.70 in 2016).[1]

In 1928 it was renamed the West Riding Pullman[4] which in 1935 became the Yorkshire Pullman.

In 1928 it became 'Queen of Scots'[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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 6 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Charms of Harrogate". The Sphere. England. 14 July 1923. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Notes from Here and There". The Tatler. England. 11 July 1923. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "New Pullman Service". Hull Daily Mail. England. 26 October 1935. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Railway magazine 1927 p499
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.