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Cornish Riviera Express
Overview
Service type
Passenger train
First service
1 July 1904
Current operator(s)
Great Western Railway
Former operator(s)
InterCity Great Western
British Rail
Great Western Railway
Route
Termini
London Paddington Penzance
Average journey time
5 hours 30 minutes
Service frequency
Daily
Train number(s)
1C77 (westbound)
1A81 (eastbound)
Line(s) used
Great Western
Reading to Taunton
Taunton to Exeter
Exeter to Plymouth
Cornish
Technical
Rolling stock
Class 802/1
Operating speed
125 mph
The Cornish Riviera Express is a British express passenger train that has run between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall since 1904. Introduced by the Great Western Railway, the name Cornish Riviera Express has been applied to the late morning express train from London to Penzance continuously through nationalisation under British Rail and privatisation under First Great Western, only ceasing briefly during the two World Wars. The name is also applied to the late morning express train running in the opposite direction from Penzance to London. Through performance and publicity the Cornish Riviera Express has become one of the most famous named trains in the United Kingdom and is particularly renowned for the publicity employed by the Great Western Railway in the 1930s which elevated it to iconic status. Today it is operated by the Great Western Railway train operating company.
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