Classic route
LNER
London → Newcastle · United Kingdom
- Distance
- 394 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 37 min
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- London North Eastern Railway
- Train
- Class 800 Azuma
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- In service since
- 1850
Azuma expresses hold 125 mph down the East Coast Main Line, sweeping over the Tyne into Newcastle on Robert Stephenson’s High Level Bridge.
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