Ayman Ilham
Member
I've done a thread like this in the past, but now with all sorts of new rolling stock and service patterns popping up, I thought I'd bring it back as it was a really fun discussion but this time, I'll make clear some rules for suggestions:
** there may have been a longer service with this unit so please let me know
- Longest service could either be by distance (rail mileage) or by duration (based on timetable) between the service end points, as long as the end-to-end journey could be done without leaving the train (NO endless back-and-forth)
- It can be either a regular service, seasonal (e.g. summer only) or a one-off (either covering for another unit or a special timetable), past or present, as long as it was or can be rideable by regular fare-paying customers
- Trains that were only ever confined to one route DO NOT COUNT, such as the Class 139 on the Stourbridge Shuttle and the Class 332 on Paddington to Heathrow (no cheating)
- Units no longer in service such as the Class 142, Class 365 or old loco-hauled sets can also be included
- Class 150: Manchester Piccadilly to Milford Haven (6h15m*) with Transport for Wales (covering for a 175) **
- Class 156: Norwich to Liverpool (5h38m) with East Midlands (formerly Central Trains) along with the usual 158 **
- Class 158: Manchester Piccadilly to Penzance via Hereford (8h20m*) with Wales & Borders **
- Class 165/166: Great Malvern to Brighton (5h15m*) with Great Western Railway
- Class 170: Norwich to Liverpool (5h38m) with Central Trains (pre-2007) **
- Class 175: Manchester Piccadilly to Milford Haven (6h05m) with Transport for Wales (formerly Arriva Trains Wales)
- Class 195: York to Blackpool North via Bradford Interchange (2h39m) with Northern
- Class 220/221/HST: Aberdeen to Penzance (13h27m) with CrossCountry (longest scheduled service in Britain)
- Class 317/321: London King's Cross to Leeds (3h??) with GNER/WAGN? (one-off cover in 1998)
- Class 319: Rugby to Brighton (3h??*) with NSE/Thameslink? (back in the 1990s or early 2000s)
- Class 322: Manchester Airport to London Euston (3h20m*) with North West Trains (late 1990s)
- Class 323: Crewe to Liverpool Lime Street via Manchester Airport (2h11m) with Northern
- Class 331: Stoke-on-Trent to Blackpool North via Stockport (2h20m) with Northern
- Class 334: Edinburgh to Helensburgh Central via Bathgate (2h17m) with Scotrail
- Class 350: Manchester Airport to Edinburgh (3h20m*) with Transpennine Express
- Class 375: London Victoria to Ramsgate via Canterbury West (2h24m) with Southeastern
- Class 377: London Victoria to Southampton Central via Horsham (2h28m) with Southern
- Class 380: North Berwick to Ayr (3h??*) with Scotrail (joined-up services)
- Class 387: London Paddington to Cardiff Central (2h30m*) with Great Western Railway (covering for 800)
- Class 390: Edinburgh to London Euston via Birmingham New Street (6h20m) with Avanti West Coast (formerly Virgin Trains)
- Class 444: London Waterloo to Weymouth (2h57m) with Southwestern Railway (formerly South West Trains)
- Class 465/466: London Charing Cross to Ramsgate (3h30m) with Southeastern (2016 crowd-buster all-stops)
- Class 700: Peterborough to Horsham (2h45m) with Thameslink
- Class 800: London King's Cross to Inverness (7h56m) with LNER
** there may have been a longer service with this unit so please let me know
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