Mid-Day Scot

Mid-Day Scot
Midday Scot passing Warrington Bank Quay on 9 July 1954. The locomotive is Stanier/Ivatt Princess Coronation Class 8P 4-6-2 No. 46257 City of Salford.
Overview
Service typePassenger train
First service27 September 1927
Last service1965
Former operator(s)LMS, BR
Route
TerminiLondon Euston
Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Princes Street
Service frequencyDaily
Line(s) usedWest Coast Main Line

The Mid-Day Scot was a British express passenger train launched in 1927 running from Edinburgh Princes Street and Glasgow Central, joining to form a train to London Euston.

The Mid-Day Scot was introduced by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway company in September 1927.[1] In 1928 a section of the train departed Princes Street at 1.30pm[2] with weekend return fares of £5 10s (1st class) (equivalent to £418.57 in 2023)[3] and £3 6s (3rd class) (equivalent to £251.14 in 2023).[3]

As with many named express trains, the name was discontinued during the Second World War. The name was inherited by the London Midland Region of British Railways and re-instated for the winter timetable in 1949.[4] In 1953 a modest time improvement was introduced to save 15 minutes on the schedule with the train leaving London Euston at 1.30pm and arriving at Glasgow at 9.35pm.[5]

Four coaches of the Mid-Day Scot derailed at Uddingston railway station, nine miles south of Glasgow on 17 June 1957. One person was killed and five were injured.[6]

In the timetable for winter 1959–60, the Mid-day Scot became non-stop between Carlisle and London, having in earlier years called at Rugby. It was accelerated by 49 minutes in the down (northward) direction and by 30 minutes in the up, for a new journey time in both directions of 7 hours 15 minutes, identical with the other two daytime named trains of the period between the two cities, the Royal Scot and The Caledonian. All three trains were restricted to eight coaches to save weight, and the number of passengers carried was limited to the seating capacity of the train, standing passengers not being permitted.[7]

  1. ^ "L.M.S. Railway. The Winter Timetable". Derby Daily Telegraph. England. 16 September 1927. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Let and Autumn Visit to London". The Scotsman. Scotland. 30 October 1928. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "Restaurant Cars". Nottingham Journal. England. 8 September 1949. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Faster Expresses". Dundee Courier. Scotland. 15 September 1953. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Four Coaches of Mid-Day Scot Derailed". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 18 June 1957. Retrieved 15 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "The winter timetables of British Railways: The West Coast speed-up". Trains Illustrated. Hampton Court: Ian Allan. December 1959. p. 584.