The ''Hull Executive'' was a named English passenger train operated by East Coast and its predecessors. It ran daily in each direction between London King's Cross and Hull via the East Coast and

Selby Line The Selby Line is a secondary railway line in Yorkshire. England, linking Leeds to Selby via Micklefield, and then on to Kingston upon Hull (Hull). Hull Trains, London North Eastern Railway, Northern and TransPennine Express operate passenger tr ...

s. It was operated by diesel-powered InterCity 125 High Speed Trains.

History

The service was introduced on 8 May 1978 by British Rail, replacing the previous ''The Hull Pullman''. At first the service was operated by Class 55 Deltic locomotives hauling Mark 2 carriages. These were replaced by

High Speed Trains High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail system that runs significantly faster than traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, lines ...

in January 1981, by which time the ''Hull Executive'' was Hull's only through train to London. The name was used for a morning service to London returning in the evening. It called at Brough and

Selby Selby is a market town and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England, south of York on the River Ouse, with a population at the 2011 census of 14,731. The town was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until ...

as well as certain stations on the East Coast Main Line from

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

southwards. Prior to 2000, it was routed via

Goole Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire. According to the 2011 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 19,518, an increa ...

instead of Selby. In September 2001,

Hull Trains Hull Trains is an open-access railway operator in England owned by the multinational transport company FirstGroup. It operates long-distance passenger services between Hull / Beverley and London King's Cross. It has a track-access agreement u ...

began operating services on the same route and today operates seven return services. The name was still being shown in East Coast timetables up until its cessation in March 2015, but was quietly dropped by

Virgin Trains East Coast Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) (legal name East Coast Main Line Company Limited) was a train operating company in the United Kingdom that operated the InterCity East Coast franchise on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, the N ...

when it took over the

InterCity East Coast InterCity East Coast is a railway franchise for passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom from London King's Cross to Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen. It was ...

franchise in April 2015.Timetable 1 April 2015
Virgin Trains East Coast The service now runs without a name.

References

{{Reflist Named passenger trains of British Rail East Coast Main Line Railway services introduced in 1978 Railway services discontinued in 2015 Rail transport in Kingston upon Hull 1978 establishments in England 2015 disestablishments in England