Highland Chieftain

Highland Chieftain
Overview
Service typePassenger train
PredecessorThe Clansman
First serviceMay 1984
Current operator(s)London North Eastern Railway
Former operator(s)Virgin Trains East Coast
East Coast
National Express East Coast
GNER
InterCity East Coast
Route
TerminiLondon King's Cross
Inverness
Distance travelled581 miles
Average journey time8 hours
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)1W16 (northbound)
1E13 (southbound)
Line(s) usedEast Coast
Highland
Technical
Rolling stockClass 800 Azuma
Operating speed125 mph
Highland Chieftain
route map
Inverness
Aviemore
Kingussie
Pitlochry
Perth
Gleneagles
Stirling
Falkirk Grahamston
Haymarket
Edinburgh Waverley
Scotland / England
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Newcastle
Darlington
York
London King's Cross

The Highland Chieftain is a named British passenger train operated by London North Eastern Railway. It operates daily in each direction between London King's Cross and Inverness via the East Coast and Highland Main Line. It is one of the longest train journeys in the United Kingdom at 581 miles with a journey time of eight hours.