The Capitals Limited was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.

[1] After the Second World War the Flying Scotsman was re-instated as an intermediate stop train, instead of holding its former position as the non-stop London to Edinburgh service.

British Rail introduced a new summer-only non-stop express called the Capitals Limited on 23 May 1949[2] which was scheduled to leave King's Cross at 9.30am, with the service in the return direction leaving Edinburgh at 9.45am.

In 1951 the service was accelerated to offer a journey time between Edinburgh and London of 7 hours 20 minutes.

[4] In 1953, the train was renamed the Elizabethan, to mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and at the same time the journey was reduced to 6 hours 45 minutes.