The Royal Duchy

[support-uk-rail]

Was on the St Davids - Paddington express (Tiverton, Taunton, Reading, London) - on the information boards:

PLEASE NOTE: This train is The Royal Duchy

What is this?
There was no noticable difference in anything.

Haz.

 

[me123]

A search shows that there was a named train called "The Royal Duchy". Whilst I cannot find any record of the train travelling nowadays, it is possible that FGW reinstated the name?

It would not be any different, just a name for the train. Same as NXEC's "The Flying Scotsman".

 

[CraigS]

A search shows that there was a named train called "The Royal Duchy". Whilst I cannot find any record of the train travelling nowadays, it is possible that FGW reinstated the name?

It would not be any different, just a name for the train. Same as NXEC's "The Flying Scotsman".

AFAIK many Intercity TOCs use names like that on selected services. Named trains that I can think of are Virgin's "The Royal Scot", VXC's/AXC's "Sussex Scot" and NXEC's "The Highland Chieftain".

 

[AlexS]

Don't think either the Royal Scot or the Sussex Scot are currently in use - the service in the case of the Royal Scot still runs, but was denamed a couple of years ago, and the Sussex Scot, as was, is no longer such because it terminates at Manchester Piccadilly now and has done for several years, and will cease to exist entirely in December!

 

[support-uk-rail]

oh right thanks

It turns out apparently The Royal Duchy is the name of the train, but it's always assigned to Penz-London.
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it has a certain service as well. I found the equivilent here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scot_(passenger_train)

 

[devon_metro]

1500 Plymouth - Paddington and 1206 Paddington - Penzance I believe.

 

[support-uk-rail]

I got on it at Exeter at 17:00, so that sounds pretty acurate

 

[yorkie]

AFAIK many Intercity TOCs use names like that on selected services. Named trains that I can think of are Virgin's "The Royal Scot", VXC's/AXC's "Sussex Scot" and NXEC's "The Highland Chieftain".

I thought VXC got rid of their named trains at Operation Pearshape? (err, I mean, Operation Princess ). The Cornishman was the name for the Penzance-Dundee, can you imagine them trying to use a fancy name for a tiny DMU service? It was probably the right thing to remove the names as the traction is not worthy of them.

NXEC, VWC and FGW are the only TOCs that still use names, as far as I know.

 

[Coradia]

I thought VXC got rid of their named trains at Operation Pearshape? (err, I mean, Operation Princess ).

Apparently they did but they renamed them in 2004 'The Royal Scot' and the 'Caledonian', but don't know what is the case at present.

http://www.virgintrainsmediaroom.com/index.cfm?articleid=474

 

[Waverley125]

I've travelled on a couple of the Named trains, and never noticed a difference (NXEC). The White Rose (London-Leeds Eurostar), Hull Executive (London-Hull HST), Northern Lights (10:30 London-Aberdeen HST), Highland Chieftain (11:30 London-Inverness HST), Flying Scotsman (London-Edinburgh) are all the same as the non-named trains.

 

[jopsuk]

To a certain extent "named" services are much like "named" locomotives/units. However, with some of those examples:
The Highland Chieftan is the only daytime direct London-Inverness service
The Hull Executive is the only direct NXEC service to Hull, and before Hull Trains was the only direct service to London-Hull at all.

So, those two aren't the same as non-named services for a start

The Flying Scotsman is a historical name; however the service that bears the name is one of the fastest timetabled runs.

The White Rose wasn't a unique service was it? I thought it was used to refer to all the services run using the Eurostar sets between Leeds and London.

Stumped on why one of the Aberdeen services has a name, though I guess it is a historic thing, as with most name services- from the days when Express services were relatively rare.

 

[Mintona]

I thought VXC got rid of their named trains at Operation Pearshape? (err, I mean, Operation Princess ). The Cornishman was the name for the Penzance-Dundee, can you imagine them trying to use a fancy name for a tiny DMU service? It was probably the right thing to remove the names as the traction is not worthy of them.

NXEC, VWC and FGW are the only TOCs that still use names, as far as I know.

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