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Highland Chieftain is one of the four named passenger trains operated by
National Express East CoastNational Express East Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running high speed passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London and Scotland, as part of the East Coast passenger franchise...
(NXEC) on the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
National RailNational Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
network. NXEC runs one train a day each way between London King's Cross and
InvernessInverness railway station is the only railway station in the Scottish city of Inverness.- History :Opened on 5 November 1855 as the western terminus of the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it is now the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen-Inverness Line , the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the...
on the
East Coast Main LineECML may refer to:*East Coast Main Line*European Conference on Machine Learning...
(ECML). Both services are named the
Highland Chieftain and are operated by diesel-powered
InterCity 125 High Speed TrainsThe InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of carriages, and is capable of in regular service. Initially the sets were classified as Classes 253 and 254...
(HST) as the route is not
electrifiedOverhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point...
north of
EdinburghEdinburgh Waverley railway station, commonly called "Waverley", is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being...
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The
Highland Chieftain is one of the four named passenger trains operated by
National Express East CoastNational Express East Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running high speed passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London and Scotland, as part of the East Coast passenger franchise...
(NXEC) on the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
National RailNational Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
network. NXEC runs one train a day each way between London King's Cross and
InvernessInverness railway station is the only railway station in the Scottish city of Inverness.- History :Opened on 5 November 1855 as the western terminus of the Inverness and Nairn Railway, it is now the terminus of the Highland Main Line, the Aberdeen-Inverness Line , the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the...
on the
East Coast Main LineECML may refer to:*East Coast Main Line*European Conference on Machine Learning...
(ECML). Both services are named the
Highland Chieftain and are operated by diesel-powered
InterCity 125 High Speed TrainsThe InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of carriages, and is capable of in regular service. Initially the sets were classified as Classes 253 and 254...
(HST) as the route is not
electrifiedOverhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point...
north of
EdinburghEdinburgh Waverley railway station, commonly called "Waverley", is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being...
. Because of the limited number of stops between London and Edinburgh this service has the one of the fastest journey times between the two cities, just two minutes longer than the comparable time with the
Flying ScotsmanFlying Scotman can refer to:* The Flying Scotsman, a named passenger service from London to Edinburgh* LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman, an LNER steam locomotive named after the passenger service...
The route is one of the longest in Britain at 581 miles and the journey takes around 8 hours (7hr 55min Southbound, 8hr 08 min Northbound. The increased time for the northbound journey is to allow for conflicting movements on the single line sections north of
PerthPerth is a former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area. According to the 2001 census, its population is 43,450...
) to cover the journey. Longer routes include the
Caledonian SleeperThe Caledonian Sleeper is a sleeper train service operated by First ScotRail and one of only two remaining sleeper services running on the railways of Great Britain, the other being the Night Riviera....
and a
CrossCountryCrossCountry is the brand name of XC Trains Ltd., a British train operating company owned by Arriva. The company operates a network of express and long-distance train services between a variety of towns and cities outside London.- Formation :...
service from
AberdeenAberdeen railway station is a railway station in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.- History :The station currently standing was built as Aberdeen Joint Station between 1913-16, replacing an 1867 structure of the same name, on the same site...
to
PenzancePenzance railway station serves the town of Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The station is the western terminus of the Cornish Main Line from London Paddington. The current journey time to or from London is about five hours....
, which covers over 705 miles.
NXEC's three other named services are the
Hull Executive|}The Hull Executive is a named passenger train operated by National Express East Coast from Hull Paragon station to London King's Cross station in the United Kingdom....
, The Northern Lights and, probably the most well-known, the
Flying ScotsmanThe Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that has been running between London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland since 1862...
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