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Service type | Overnight passenger train | ||||
First service | 11 July 1983 | ||||
Current operator(s) | Great Western Railway | ||||
Former operator(s) | InterCity (British Rail) | ||||
Route | |||||
Termini | London Paddington Penzance | ||||
Distance travelled | 305 miles (491 km) | ||||
Average journey time | 7 hours 30 minutes | ||||
Service frequency | 6 x weekly | ||||
Train number(s) | 1C50 (westbound) 1A50 (eastbound) | ||||
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The Night Riviera is a sleeper train operated by Great Western Railway (GWR). It is one of only two sleeper services on the railway in the United Kingdom (the other being the Caledonian Sleeper services between London and Scotland). The Night Riviera runs six nights a week (Sunday–Friday) between London Paddington and Penzance with one train in each direction.