This article contains lists of named passenger trains in the United Kingdom. These are specific regular journeys identified by a special name in the timetable, not to be confused with the names of engines or individual physical train rakes. One-off charter and sporadic special trains are not included.

+ List Train name Company/ies Journey endpoints Dates operated 21st Century Limited Grand Central – (one way only) 2008 – 2010 Aberdonian BR Serco – (sleeper service - later Night Aberdonian) 1927 – ?2012 Jan – Mar 2016 Aberdonian BR – (daytime InterCity 125 service) ?1977 – 1994 Admiraal de Ruijter BR / NS – Harwich Parkeston Quay – ferry – – 1987 – 1989 Antwerp Continental (boat train) LNER – Harwich Parkeston Quay – Harwich Town ? – 1954 Armada GWR – ? – present Atlantic Coast ExpressBradshaw's January 1960, p. 468. SR / BR – , , , , , Padstow, 1926 –1948 – 1964 Atlantic Coast Express GWR – 2008 – present Belfast Boat Express (boat train)Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 590. BR – and ? – 1960 – 1975 Benjamin Britten BR / NS – Harwich Parkeston Quay– ferry – – 1987 – 1989 Birmingham Pullman BR – 1960 – 1966 Bon Accord – Glasgow Buchanan Street 1949 – 1968 Bournemouth Belle (Pullman train) SR / BR – / 1931 – 1967 Brighton Belle (Pullman train) SR / BR – 1934 – 1972 Brighton Limited (Pullman train) LBSCR 1887 – 1908 Brighton Pullman Limited (Pullman train) 1898 – 1908 Bristol Pullman (Pullman train) BR – 1960 – 1973 Bristolian GWR (original) / BR / GWR – non-stopBradshaw's January 1960, p. 24. (original); to (current) 1935 – present Broadsman BR – and 1950 – 1962 Caledonian BR / Virgin – 1957 – 1964? – 2005 Caledonian Sleeper (night train) InterCity West Coast /ScotRail (British Rail) / ScotRail (National Express) / First ScotRail / Caledonian Sleeper – – – – – 1996 – present Cambrian Coast Express GWR (original) / BR (later ) – – 1927 – 1991 Capitals Limited BR London King's Cross – (non-stop London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley) 1949 – 1952 (succeeded by Elizabethan) Capitals United Express – – 1956 – 1963 Capitals United GWR – 2010 – present Carmarthen Bay Express GWR – 1927 – ???? Carolean Express LNER – May 2023 – present Cathedrals Express BR / GWR – – 1957 – present Cheltenham Spa Express(also known as The Cheltenham Flyer)Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 159. GWR (original) / BR / GWR – 1929 – present Clansman BR – via 1974 – 1984 CometBradshaw's January 1960, p. 631. BR – 1949 – 1962 Cornish Riviera Express GWR (original) / BR / GWR – 1904 – present Cornish Scot BR / Virgin CrossCountry – 1987 – 2002 Cornishman GWR (original) – 1890 – 19041935 – 1936 Cornishman BR (Bradford Exchange) – – and 1951 – 1975 Cornishman BR – 1983 – 2002 Cornishman GWR – 2006 – present Coronation LNER – 1937 – 1939 Coronation Scot LMS – 1937 – 1939 Cotswolds and Malvern Express GWR (original) / BR / Wales & West / GWR – – May 1884 – May 1997June 2024 – present Day Continental (boat train) LNER / BR – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1946 – 1987 (succeeded by Benjamin Britten) Devon Belle (Pullman train) SR / BR – Ilfracombe – 1947 – 1954 Devon Express GWR – ? – present Devon Scot BR / Virgin CrossCountry – – 1988 – 2002 Devonian LMS / BR (Bradford Exchange from 1967; from 1980) – – (winter) – (summer) 1927 – 2002 Dorset Scot BR / Virgin CrossCountry – Newcastle – 1990 – 2002 East Anglian LNER / BR / Anglia / National Express East Anglia / Abellio Greater Anglia – 1937–present The Easterling BR – and 1950 – 1958 The Elizabethan (summer only) BR – (non-stop) 1953 – 1964 Emerald Isle Express – and 1954 – 1960 – 1975; 1993 – 1997 Enterprise GNR(I) / UTA+CIÉ / NIR+IÉ Belfast Grand Central ( from 1947 to 1976, Belfast Central from 1976 to 2018, and Belfast Lanyon Place from 2018 to 2024) & 1947–present Essex Coast Express BR – 1958 – 1968 The European and – 1983 – 1988 Fair Maid – Perth 1957 – 1958 (succeeded by Morning Talisman) Fenman BR – ; after 1969 to 1949 – 1968 Fife Coast Express(Ran as Fifeshire Coast Express 1912 – 1924) NBR / LNER / BR St Andrews – 1948 – 1959 Flying Dutchman GWR (original)+BER – 1849 – 1892 Flying Scotsman GNR+NER+NBR / LNER / BR / GNER / NXEC / East Coast / VTEC / LNER – From May 2011: Edinburgh to London, one way only 1862 – presentFlying CaroleanGWR – 2023 – present Golden Arrow (boat train) SR / BR – or 1929 – 1972 Golden Hind BR / GWR – 1964 – present Granite City ? / BR – Glasgow Buchanan Street 1933 – 1939; 1948 – Harrogate Pullman LNER – and 1923 – 1928(Succeeded by the West Riding Pullman) Harrogate Sunday Pullman BR – and 1950s – late 1960s Heart of Midlothian – 1951 – 1968 The Hebridean LMS / BR – 1933 – ????1965 – ???? Highland Chieftain GNER / VTEC /LNER – 1984–present Highlandman LNER – 1927 – 1939 Highwayman BR – via 1970 – 1971 Hook Continental (boat train) LNER / BR – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1927 – 1939; 1945 – 1987 (Succeeded by Admiraal de Ruijter) Hull Executive BR / GNER / NXEC / East Coast / VTEC Hull – 1978–2015 Inter-City BR – 1950–1965 Irish Mail (boat train) LNWR / LMS / BR / Virgin – 1849 – 1985, 1990s – 2002 Irishman (boat train) BR – 1951 ? John O'Groat LMS Inverness – – Wick 1936 – 39 Kentish Belle (Pullman train)formerly the Thanet Belle BR London – – Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate 1951 – 58 Lakes Express LMS / BR London Euston – Windermere, Keswick, Workington 1927 – 1939; 1945 – 1965 Lancastrian – 1928 – 1939; 1957 – 1962 The Lewisman LMS – 1933 – 1939 Liverpool Pullman BR – London Euston 1966 – 1974 Loreley (boat train) – – – Harwich Parkeston Quay 1988 – 1992 Man of KentBradshaw's January 1960, p. 291. – Dover, Deal, Sandwich and 1953 – 1961 Manchester Pullman BR / Virgin – London Euston 1966 – 1990s Mancunian LMS / BR – 1927 – 1966 The Manxman – 1927 – 1966 Master Cutler LNER / BR / MML / EMR – ; after 1958 to , later to St Pancras; after privatisation from to via . From 2008 no longer from Leeds but again starting at Sheffield. 1947 – 2025 MayflowerBradshaw's January 1960, p. 31. BR / GWR and – 1957 – present The Merchant Venturer – and 1951 – present Merseyside Express BR – 1949 – 1966 Midland Pullman – with midday infill – 1960–1966 Mid-Day Scot LMS / BR – 1927 – 1965 Midlands Express BR / MML – 1999 – 2008 Night Ferry SR / BR – Paris Nord)later also to Brussels (Midi/Zuid)after 1948 also second-class coaches as far as 1936 – 1980 Night Riviera GWR – 19th century – present Night Scot LNWR / BR London Euston – (sleeper train) From inauguration in 1927 it ran to Aberdeen, but this was soon after changed to Glasgow. Night Scotsman LNER / BR London King's Cross – (sleeper train) 1930s to transfer of all Scottish sleepers to Euston Norfolk Coast Express GER – Cromer 1907 – 1914 The Norfolkman BR – 1947 – 1962; 1993 – 2000 Norseman London King's Cross – Newcastle Tyne Commission Quay (to connect with Bergen Line or Fred Olsen Line shipping services to Norway). 1947 – 1966 North Briton – 1952 – 1968; 1972 – 1975 Northern Irishman (sleeper train)Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 572. – 1952 – 1966 Northern Lights GNER / NXEC / VTEC – present The Northumbrian BR London King's Cross – Newcastle 1949 – 1964 Orcadian LMS Inverness – to Wick 1936 – 1939 Olympic JavelinSoutheastern High Speed – 2012 – present Palatine LMS / BR – 1938 – 1964 Peaks Express LMS 1938–1939 Pembroke Coast Express BR / GWR – 1953 – present Pines ExpressBradshaw's January 1960, p. 492. SR and LMS / BR (or ), Liverpool and – and 1927 – 1967; revived in the 1980s/90s Premier Service ATW / TfW – and return 2008 – present Pullman Limited Express (Pullman train) LBSCR – (via Horsham route) 1881 – 1887 Queen of Scots (Pullman train) LNER / BR – via and 1927 – 1939; 1948 – 1978 The Red DragonBradshaw's January 1960, p. 32. BR / GWR – 1950 – present The Red Rose BR – 1951 – 1966 Robin Hood BR / MML / EMR – 1958 – 2025 Royal DuchyBradshaw's January 1960, p. 69. BR / GWR – and 1957 – present Royal Highlander (sleeper train)Bradshaw's January 1960, p. 574. BR – 1927 – 1996 Royal Scot LMS / BR / Virgin – 1927 – 1939; 1948 – 2005 Royal WessexBradshaw's January 1960, p. 440. SR / BR – , and 1951 – 1967 Saint David GWR – present The Scandinavian BR – 1950 St Mungo BR – Glasgow Buchanan Street 1948 – present Scarborough Flyer – 1927 – 1963 Sheffield Continental EMR – (one way only) 2008 – 2025 Silver Jubilee LNER/BR – Newcastle / (1977) 1935 – 1939; 1977 South Wales Pullman BR – 1955–1966 South Yorkshireman – – 1948–1960 South Yorkshireman EMR – 2008 – 2025 Southern Belle (Pullman train) LBSCR / SR – 1908 – 1934 Sunny South Express LNWR+LBSCR / LMS+SR – 1905 – 1939 Sussex Scot BR / Virgin CrossCountry – – 1988 – 2002 Talisman BR – 1956 – 1991 The Tees Thames London King's Cross – – 1959 – 1961 Tees-Tyne Pullman London King's Cross – Newcastle 1948 – 2004 Thames-Clyde Express LMS / BR – – – ; before 1966 from 1927 – 1976 Thames Forth Express LMS – – – (Re-introduced in 1957 by BR as Waverley) 1927 – 1939 Thanet Belle (Pullman train)later the Kentish Belle BR London – Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate 1948 – 1951 Torbay Express GWR (original) / BR / GWR – 1923 – present The Tynesider BR London King's Cross – Newcastle Central (sleeper train) 1950 – 1968 Ulster ExpressBradshaw's January 1960, p. 571. LMSBR – and 1927 – 1975 Venice-Simplon Orient Express Orient Express – Paris Est – Venice Santa Lucia 1982 – present Waverley BR – – – (Re-introduction of the LMS service the Thames Forth Express) 1957 – 1968 Welsh Dragon/Draig Gymreig Virgin – 2004 – present Welshman LMS – portions for , & The Wessex Scot BR / Virgin CrossCountry – 1984 – 2002 West Riding Limited LNER;BR;VTEC;LNER – ( from 1978; from c.1990) 1937 – present West Riding Pullman LNER – and 1928 – 1935; (succeeded by the Yorkshire Pullman) Weymouth Wizard GWR – 2014 – 2017 White Rose BR – – 1949 – 1967 The William Shakespeare BR – 1951 Y Cymro – The Welshman GWR and 2017 Yorkshire Pullman BR – Hull, and 1935 – 1978 Yorkshire Pullman BR – 1985 – 2004 Zephyr Grand Central – (one way only) 2008 – 2010

The National Railway Museum, York, has a wall in the Great Hall where the headboards of a number of named trains are displayed. These include:

ANGLO-SCOTTISH CAR CARRIER, BRISTOLIAN*, BROADSMAN*, CALEDONIAN*, CAMBRIAN RADIO CRUISE, CAPITALS LIMITED*+, CAPITALS UNITED EXPRESS, CHELTENHAM FLYER, COMET*, CONDOR (a named freight train, derived from CONtainer DOoR-to-Door), CORNISH RIVIERA EXPRESS, CORNISHMAN*, CTAC SCOTTISH TOURS EXPRESS+, CUNARD SPECIAL+, DAY CONTINENTAL*, DEVONIAN*, EAST ANGLIAN*, EMERALD ISLE EXPRESS, EMPRESS VOYAGER+, FAIR MAID*+, FENMAN*, HARROGATE SUNDAY PULLMAN*, HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN*, INTER-CITY*, IRISH MAIL*, LAKES EXPRESS*, LANCASTRIAN*, MANXMAN*+, MASTER CUTLER*, MAYFLOWER*, MERSEYSIDE EXPRESS*+, MID-DAY SCOT*+, MIDLANDER*, NIGHT SCOTSMAN*, NORFOLKMAN*, NORSEMAN*, NORTH BRITON*, NORTH YORKSHIREMAN*, NORTHERN IRISHMAN*+, NORTHUMBRIAN*+, PALATINE*, PEMBROKE COAST EXPRESS+, QUEEN OF SCOTS*, RED DRAGON*, RED ROSE*, ROBIN HOOD*+, ROYAL DUCHY*, ROYAL HIGHLANDER*+, SCARBOROUGH FLIER, SCARBOROUGH FLYER*, SHAMROCK*+, SOUTH WALES PULLMAN*, TEES-THAMES*, THAMES-CLYDE EXPRESS*, TORBAY EXPRESS, ULSTER EXPRESS, WELSH CHIEFTAIN*, WELSHMAN*, WEST RIDING*

* indicates that the name is prefixed by "THE".

+ indicates that more than one version is on display.

See also for a description of a number of Boat Trains, some of which are included in the lists above.

Notes

British Railways (N E Region) leaflet BR 35109/1 Named Trains on the East Coast Main Line LNER Passenger Services Timetable 7 October 1946 to 4 May 1947

Advertised as a Pullman Train in November 1965 issue of the ABC Railway Guide

Allen, C J. British Express Trains No 4 - Eastern, N E Regions; Ian Allan (1959) Allen, C J. British Express Trains No 5 - Anglo-Scottish Services and Scottish Region; Ian Allan (1960) British Rail Passenger Timetable 17 May 1982 to 15 May 1983 British Railways Eastern Region Passenger Timetable 11 June to 16 September 1956