Caledonian Sleeper | Highland Sleeper Departing from Inverness & LNER's Longest Running Azuma
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Train : Inverness - London Euston Highland Sleeper
Locos : Class 66 #66706 Nene Valley + Class 73 #73968
Caledonian Sleeper is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is one of only two currently operating sleeper services on the railway in the United Kingdom, the other being the Night Riviera which runs between London and Penzance.
Two services depart London Euston each night from Sunday to Friday and travel via the West Coast Main Line to Scotland. The earlier departure divides at Edinburgh into portions for Aberdeen, Fort William and Inverness. The later departure serves Edinburgh and Glasgow, splitting at Carstairs. Five London-bound portions depart from these destinations each night, combining into two trains at Edinburgh and Carstairs.
The Highland Sleeper has three portions that serve routes to Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William. The Lowland Sleeper has two portions serving routes to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central.
Going southbound, three separate services depart each of Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William in the evening, hauled by a Class 73/9 locomotive up to Edinburgh. These services are then combined to form one train at Edinburgh Waverley; the diesel locomotives are detached from each portion and a Class 92 is attached to then take the full-length, 16-car train to London. The train continues to London Euston with intermediate stops at Preston and Crewe for alighting passengers only (southbound trains do not call at Watford Junction), arriving in London the following morning.
The Inverness portion of the train consists of six sleeper coaches, one seated carriage and one "club car" (lounge car), all running through to/from London. The Aberdeen set consists of between two and four sleeper coaches (depending on demand) plus one seated carriage and one lounge car, all running throughout. The Fort William set consists only of two to four sleeper coaches between London and Edinburgh
A train service departing Inverness as the Caledonian Sleeper Highland Sleeper heads south is shown, alongside LNER's Azuma arriving at Inverness. The video features locomotives Class 66 #66706 and Class 73 #73968. The Caledonian Sleeper operates overnight services between London and Scotland, with routes covering locations such as Aberdeen, Edinburgh Waverley, Glasgow Central, Fort William, Carstairs, London Euston, Newtonmore, and Watford Junction. The service is operated by Caledonian Sleeper, LNER, and GBRF.
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