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The ''Harrogate Pullman'' was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.


History

The ''Harrogate Pullman'' was introduced into service by the
London 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 ...
and began operating in 1923 between London King’s Cross and Newcastle, via Harrogate and Ripon. It comprised 12 new specially-built Pullman cars costing £70,000 () for the service. The supplement to travel on the service was 10s 1st class () and 6s 3rd class (). In 1928 it was renamed the ''West Riding Pullman'' which in 1935 became the '' Yorkshire Pullman''. In 1928 it became ''Queen of Scots''.Railway magazine 1927 p499


References

{{reflist Named passenger trains of the London and North Eastern Railway Rail transport in North Yorkshire Railway services introduced in 1923 1923 establishments in England Transport in Harrogate