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The ''Aberdonian'' was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.
On 7 January 1957 the ''Aberdonian'' ran into the back of a local train one mile south of Welwyn Garden City railway station. The accident killed 3 people and injured 26.
On 7 May 1969, six people died and 46 were injured in one of the accidents at Morpeth when the ''Aberdonian'' hauled by Deltic locomotive No. 9011 ''The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers'' entered a speed restriction at . All eleven coaches were derailed.
In 1971,
Link to details of the 1957 Aberdonian accident at The Railways ArchiveOfficial report into the 1969 Aberdonian accident at The Railways Archive
History
On 1 January 1927 theLondon and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the " Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948. At th ...
decided to officially adopt the name ''Aberdonian'' for its sleeping car express between King's Cross and Aberdeen It was timed to depart King's Cross at 7:40pm with a journey time to Aberdeen of a little over 11 hours.
By 1939 the train was departing King's Cross at 7:30pm. A restaurant car was provided as far as York. At Edinburgh, sections of train were disconnected to form services to Fort William and Mallaig, and Perth and Inverness. The Aberdeen section of the train called at Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Stonehaven, arriving in Aberdeen at 7:30am, a journey time of exactly 12 hours. The return journey left Aberdeen at 7:35pm, and arrived in King's Cross 11 hours 50 minutes later.
The ''Aberdonian'' continued during the Second World War with extended journey times, and improvements were only achieved with the introduction of Deltic locomotives, which reduced the journey time to 11 hours 10 minutes.
On 7 January 1957 the ''Aberdonian'' ran into the back of a local train one mile south of Welwyn Garden City railway station. The accident killed 3 people and injured 26.
On 7 May 1969, six people died and 46 were injured in one of the accidents at Morpeth when the ''Aberdonian'' hauled by Deltic locomotive No. 9011 ''The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers'' entered a speed restriction at . All eleven coaches were derailed.
In 1971, British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
withdrew the name ''Aberdonian'' from the early evening departure from King's Cross, then timed at 7:55pm. The name ''Night Aberdonian'' was then used on the 10.15 King's Cross to Aberdeen sleeper service. This also crashed at Morpeth, in 1984.
External links
Link to details of the 1957 Aberdonian accident at The Railways Archive
References
{{reflist Named passenger trains of the London and North Eastern Railway Named passenger trains of British Rail Rail transport in Scotland Railway services introduced in 1927 1927 establishments in England