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  2. Daily Express - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Express is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper [4] printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the Sunday Express, was launched in 1918.

  3. List of named passenger trains of the United Kingdom

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    LNWR / BR. London Euston – Glasgow Central ( sleeper train ) From inauguration in 1927 it ran to Aberdeen, but this was soon after changed to Glasgow. Night Scotsman [4] [5] LNER / BR. London King's Cross – Edinburgh Waverley ( sleeper train ) 1930s to transfer of all Scottish sleepers to Euston. Norfolk Coast Express.

  4. Venice Simplon-Orient-Express - Wikipedia

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    The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express ( VSOE) is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities. It is currently owned by Belmond . These VSOE services are not to be confused with a regularly scheduled train called the Orient Express, which ran nightly between Paris and Bucharest – in the last years of operation ...

  5. London Underground - Wikipedia

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    The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. [5] The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, opening on 10 January 1863 as the world's ...

  6. History of the London Underground - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The history of the London Underground began in the 19th century with the construction of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway. The Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863 using gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives, worked with the District Railway to complete London's Circle line in 1884.

  7. Heathrow Express - Wikipedia

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    Heathrow Express is a high-frequency airport rail link operating between London Heathrow Airport and London Paddington. Opened in 1998, trains run non-stop, with a journey time of 15 minutes. The service is operated jointly by Great Western Railway and Heathrow Express Operating Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heathrow Airport Holdings ...

  8. Daily Express Building, London - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Express Building (120 Fleet Street) is a Grade II* listed building located in Fleet Street in the City of London. It was designed in 1932 by Ellis and Clark to serve as the home of the Daily Express newspaper and is one of the most prominent examples of art-deco / Streamline Moderne architecture in London .

  9. Flying Scotsman (railway service) - Wikipedia

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    The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that operates between Edinburgh and London, the capitals respectively of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line. The service began in 1862 as the Special Scotch Express until it was officially adopted in 1924. It is currently operated by the London North Eastern Railway .