Silver Jubilee (from the English - “Silver Anniversary”) is the express train London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), which transported passengers from London to Newcastle from 1935 to 1939.
History
The train first entered the route on September 30, 1935. He departed from London's Kings Cross Station and four hours later arrived at Newcastle Station. The average speed on the route was 108 km / h (67 mph) [1] . High average speed, the speed was provided due to the rapid overcoming of the climbs [2] .
In a demonstration trip on September 27, 1935, the train reached a top speed of 181 km / h (112.5 mph) [3] .
The train was equipped in the year of the 25th anniversary (silver anniversary) of the reign of King George V. The cars were painted with silver paint. The structure consisted of two pairs of double wagons on Jacobson’s shelves and a built wagon - a total of seven wagons.
The train has set a new standard for rail speed in the UK. He went on a route until the outbreak of World War II in 1939 [4] .
Technical Description
As a locomotive, the train was pulled by LNER Class A4 locomotives [3] .
The total length of the train with the locomotive was 141 m. The total weight was 391 tons [5] .
Rebirth
The name was reused in 1977, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the reign of Elizabeth II . Under this name, the train daily went from Kings Cross Station to Edinburgh Waverley Station.
Notes
- ↑ New Train's Fast Run , Hull Daily Mail (September 30, 1935). Date of appeal September 19, 2017.
- ↑ LNER "The Silver Jubilee" Train , The Engineer (September 27, 1935).
- ↑ 1 2 Tim Bryan. Express Trains . - Amberley Publishing, 2017-05-15. - 105 p. - ISBN 9781445668796 .
- ↑ Silver Jubilee. Railway Wonders of the World . - Amalgamated Press, December 6, 1935. - P. 1436-1442.
- ↑ LNER The Silver Jubilee. - The Locomotive Publishing Co.