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As it says on the tin, how many crack expresses are there on the UK Rail network?
A crack express if I am correct, is an informal term used to describe a train, usually a long distance or mainline service that even despite stopping at very few stations already on a regular service, drops even more station calls on the crack express.
Here is a few examples below:
LNER
The regular Anglo-Scottish intercity service calls at Edinburgh, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, Darlington, York and London King's Cross.
However the Flying Scotsman, the 0540 from Edinburgh, calls at Newcastle and London King's Cross only.
South Western Railway
Services in the SWML from Weymouth and Bournemouth tend to be a mixture of stopping and semi fast services between Southampton Central and Weymouth and fast between London and Southampton with give or take all trains either calling at Clapham Junction, Woking or Basingstoke then Winchester, Southampton Airport and Southampton Central.
However, in the new timetable on a Sunday there is a 1818 Poole to London Waterloo calling only at Bournemouth, Southampton Central and London Waterloo.
Greater Anglia
The Norwich intercity service calls at London Liverpool Street, (Stratford), (Chelmsford), Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, (Stowmarket), Diss and Norwich.
However as of the latest timetable, there are a number of new trains that aim to do Norwich in 90 minutes, calling only at Ipswich and Norwich. These are the:
A crack express if I am correct, is an informal term used to describe a train, usually a long distance or mainline service that even despite stopping at very few stations already on a regular service, drops even more station calls on the crack express.
Here is a few examples below:
LNER
The regular Anglo-Scottish intercity service calls at Edinburgh, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Newcastle, Darlington, York and London King's Cross.
However the Flying Scotsman, the 0540 from Edinburgh, calls at Newcastle and London King's Cross only.
South Western Railway
Services in the SWML from Weymouth and Bournemouth tend to be a mixture of stopping and semi fast services between Southampton Central and Weymouth and fast between London and Southampton with give or take all trains either calling at Clapham Junction, Woking or Basingstoke then Winchester, Southampton Airport and Southampton Central.
However, in the new timetable on a Sunday there is a 1818 Poole to London Waterloo calling only at Bournemouth, Southampton Central and London Waterloo.
Greater Anglia
The Norwich intercity service calls at London Liverpool Street, (Stratford), (Chelmsford), Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, (Stowmarket), Diss and Norwich.
However as of the latest timetable, there are a number of new trains that aim to do Norwich in 90 minutes, calling only at Ipswich and Norwich. These are the:
- 0900 Norwich to London Liverpool Street
- 1100 London Liverpool Street to Norwich
- 1700 Norwich to London Liverpool Street
- 1900 London Liverpool Street to Norwich