Classic route
Midland Main Line
London → Nottingham · England
- Distance
- 205 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 40 min
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- East Midlands Railway
- Train
- EMR Intercity (Class 810 · 222)
- Countries
- England
- In service since
- 1868
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
St Pancras’s own intercity: the Midland Main Line under Barlow’s great arch, up through Bedford and Leicester to Nottingham — Britain’s last classic trunk to join the atlas.
Midland Main Line in pictures
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