Carolean Express - King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley LNER

LNER launches the Carolean Express train service.

Rail cover will feature an image of the Carolean Express, on 6th May 2023 when the inaugural run of the 11am daily service begins, between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. 'A New Reign' first day of issue postmark and single Coronation stamp.

The new Carolean Express will call at York, Darlington, Newcastle, Berwick Upon Tweed and Edinburgh Waverley. Over the past century, LNER has named trains and services to mark important royal occasions including ‘Coronation’, ‘The Elizabethan’, ‘Silver Jubilee’ and ‘Queen of Scots’.

David Horne, Managing Director at LNER, said: “We’re delighted to be continuing the tradition of royal recognition through our fleet of Azuma trains and services with the introduction of the ‘Carolean Express’.”