This article is about the LMS service. For the LNER service, see The Coronation (train).
Streamlined Coronation Scot train at speed on the London-Glasgow route in 1937
The Coronation Scot was a named express passenger train of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway inaugurated in 1937 for the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth which ran until the start of the war in 1939. It ran on the West Coast Main Line between London (Euston station) and Glasgow (Central station), stopping at Carlisle for crew change and to pick up and set down passengers to and from London only. The service was designed to compete with the rival services on the East Coast Main Line, for prestigious London to Scotland traffic. It was scheduled to complete the journey from London to Glasgow in 6 hours 30 minutes.[1]
^"Rail Album - LMS Steam Locos - Streamlined Princess Coronation Class Pacifics - Part 1". Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
The CoronationScot was a named express passenger train of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway inaugurated in 1937 for the coronation of King George...
proposed non-stop express, subsequently named the CoronationScot. The first ten locomotives of the Coronation class were built in a streamlined form in 1937...
with the first of the class 6220 Coronation and was sent to North America with a specially-constructed CoronationScot train to appear at the 1939 New...
Averof at Coronation Naval Review, Spithead, 1937 Coronation of the British monarch CoronationScot The Coronation (train) Canadian Coronation Contingent...
crowned at their coronations. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the Stone of Scone, which he had captured from the Scots. The chair was...
Potteries until the Stoke line opened in 1848. On 29 June 1937 the CoronationScot engine created a world record of 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) while...
best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness" and the theme "CoronationScot". Ellis was born in Hampstead, London in 1903 and educated at Cheltenham...
Mounted Band of The Scots Greys, Coronation Parade, 1937 by Harry Greville Wood Irwin. Painted in 1937, depicting the Coronation of King George VI of...
An Lia Fàil; Scots: Stane o Scone), also known as the Stone of Destiny, is an oblong block of red sandstone that was used in the coronation of Scottish...
Coronation Theatre' at bottom. "The Stone of Destiny - gov.scot". Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023. "The coronation:...
preparatory to the introduction of the CoronationScot service, LMS Princess Coronation Class 6220 Coronation, newly built, achieves a speed of 114 miles...
Coronations were previously held in the monarchies of Europe. The United Kingdom is the only monarchy in Europe that still practises coronation. Other...
between London and Glasgow, such as the 1937–39 CoronationScot, hauled by streamlined Princess Coronation Class locomotives, which made the journey in 6 hours...
side-by-side with ex-LNWR George the Fifth Class No. 5348 Coronation and the newly-introduced CoronationScot service. Lion also featured in the London and Birmingham...
This is a list by date of coronations of British monarchs from the 10th century to the present. From 1603 onwards England, Ireland and Scotland were personally...
The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London...
the speed record previously taken by the LMS' passenger train, the CoronationScot, which clocked at 114 mph (183 km/h). Unfortunately, Locomotive 4489...
James Stewart (1566–1625), son of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) and Lord Darnley (1546–1567), was crowned King of Scotland by Adam Bothwell, Bishop...
introductory and closing music for the majority of the serials was CoronationScot, composed by Vivian Ellis, though the earliest serials (those aired...
Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) introduced its "CoronationScot" service using the Princess Coronation Class streamlined locomotives, achieving a speed...
1937 with the introduction of The Coronation. The LMS again countered in 1937 with the London-Glasgow CoronationScot streamlined train for which an updated...
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation took place on 2 June 1953. Ordered in October 1952, her gown took eight months of research, design, workmanship, and intricate...
Isles. The Honours were used together for the coronation of Scottish monarchs from Mary, Queen of Scots in 1543 until Charles II in 1651. From the Union...
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