The Caledonian

The Caledonian was a British express passenger train of the 1950s and 1960s running between Glasgow Central and London Euston, up in the morning, due into London in mid-afternoon, and down in the afternoon, with a Glasgow arrival in the late evening.

The service was introduced on 17 June 1957 and ran as a named express until 4 September 1964.

[1] In the timetable for winter 1959-60, the train was slowed by 25 minutes to compensate for delays during electrification work on the West Coast Main Line, for a new journey time of 7 hours 15 minutes, identical with the other two daytime named trains of the period between the two cities, the Royal Scot and the Mid-Day Scot.

The first headboard was flat painted steel, later replaced by cast aluminium with a raised rim.

This was now of painted wood, three feet wide, and had The Caledonian split across two lines.