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Trivia: Largest distances run non-stop by passenger services

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So, here's a question: Which passenger trains run non-stop for the longest time? It's obvious which ones the fastest are, but are there any others? Feel free to post all, it doesn't have to be the fastest, just a reasonable size. We're going by passenger stops only.

These are notable ones:
Watford Junction-Carlisle Citadel (Lowland Sleeper)
London Euston-Warrington Bank Quay (VTWC)
London Euston-Crewe (VTWC)
London Euston-Stockport(VTWC)
London Euston-Preston (VTWC)
Preston-Edinburgh Waverley (VTWC)
London King's Cross-York (VTEC)
London King's Cross-Newcastle Central (VTEC)
Reading-Exeter St Davids (GWR)
Newcastle-Edinburgh Waverley (VTEC)

Any more long distances?
 
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Well, strangely enough, I wasn't on the forum in 2012, never mind 2011 or even 2009. :roll:
 

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So, here's a question: Which passenger trains run non-stop for the longest time? It's obvious which ones the fastest are, but are there any others? We're going by passenger stops only.
Despite the fact it's been done to death, a handful of points: You can't really count some of the Sleeper long runs as they do stop, and attach/detach. And you're not counting the fact that the Fort Bill portion is a 'day train' from Edinburgh.

You've left out York-Kings Cross which is only about 4 miles shorter than Preston-Edinburgh.

Preston-Glasgow Central is about a mile longer than Preston-Edinburgh.

And what about Euston-Preston?
 

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Well, strangely enough, I wasn't on the forum in 2012, never mind 2011 or even 2009. :roll:

Please search past topics.

If forum search engine returns nothing, a better one is Google, using the prefix "site:www.railforums.co.uk" followed by your key words.
 
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