Great Northern Railway in 1910

[Harlesden]

Is it really true that in 1910, the majority of long distance trains from King's Cross only went as far as Leeds or York with a change at Doncaster needed for journeys to Newcastle and Edinburgh.

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

Is it really true that in 1910, the majority of long distance trains from King's Cross only went as far as Leeds or York with a change at Doncaster needed for journeys to Newcastle and Edinburgh.

Some did, yes... But others would go onwards with a change of engines at York or Darlington

 

[30907]

The 1910 Bradshaw shows 5 daytime Leeds expresses and 4 Newcastle or beyond, so yes, its a majority, but I can't see any relevant connections at Doncaster.

The only York terminators were semi fasts.

Why do you ask BTW?

 

[Taunton]

No. The GN locomotives may have only gone that far, and then changed (actually Grantham and then York were common change points, giving runs of about 100 miles each way in a day), but the main long distance trains went through. Not only that, but there was special coaching stock for both day and night services, the "East Coast Joint Stock", which was owned by an amalgam of GN, NE and NB.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Coast_Joint_Stock