Starlight specials: an overnight success
Auteur :
Peel, Dave
Éditeur :
Peel, Dave
ISBN :
9781781552391
Date de publication :
4 juil. 2013
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
250 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Though particularly popular with Glaswegians, these cheap fare night-time holiday trains (without sleeping cars) also ran from Edinburgh up to London and vice versa. Operational 1953-62 they were introduced to combat private coach companies' overnight Anglo-Scottish services, and make a profit for BR, achieving both objectives very successfully!