johnnychips
Established Member
From the Infrastructure thread on Retford:
I do remember this was the reason why you could buy next day's paper, especially Sunday ones, at London terminals like Kings X at about 2100 the day before. Are there still any newspaper trains? If not, when did they stop, and how is it done now? Or were they carried in the guard's van of sleeper trains?
An interesting use of the Retford-Whiskerhill Junction line was a through Kings Cross - Kiveton Park working in the 1970s - 1D41 I seem to recall. Sunday newspapers down the mainline and worked through to Kiveton Park arriving about 04.30 . That was also the days when there was a through Euston-Lairg working also for Sunday newspapers.
I do remember this was the reason why you could buy next day's paper, especially Sunday ones, at London terminals like Kings X at about 2100 the day before. Are there still any newspaper trains? If not, when did they stop, and how is it done now? Or were they carried in the guard's van of sleeper trains?