👑🚂 The Elizabethan Express – Britain’s Non-Stop Prestige Train Launched in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the Elizabethan Express became one of the most prestigious named trains in British Rail history. Running non-stop from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, it covered nearly 400 miles in just over six hours – a true feat of post-war railway engineering. Hauled first by the legendary LNER A4 Pacifics like Mallard, and later by powerful diesels, the Elizabethan