Northern Lights (train)

This article is about the passenger train. For other uses, see Northern Lights.
The Northern Lights route map
 Aberdeen
 Stonehaven
 Montrose
 Arbroath
 Dundee
 Leuchars
 Kirkcaldy
 Inverkeithing
 Haymarket
 Edinburgh Waverley
 Scotland / England
 Berwick upon Tweed
 Newcastle
 Darlington
 York
 Doncaster
 Newark North Gate
 Peterborough
 London Kings Cross

The Northern Lights is one of the four named passenger trains operated by Virgin Trains East Coast on the UK National Rail network. Virgin Trains East Coast runs three services a day each way between London King's Cross and Aberdeen on the East Coast Main Line (ECML). Services in both directions are named Northern Lights and are operated by diesel-powered InterCity 125 High Speed Trains (HSTs) as the route is not electrified north of Edinburgh.

The route is one of the longest in Britain at 523 miles and the train takes just over 7 hours to cover the journey. Longer routes include the Highland Chieftain, the Caledonian Sleeper and CrossCountry's 1V60 service from Aberdeen to Penzance, which covers nearly 700 miles, and takes thirteen and a half hours.

Virgin Trains East Coast's three other named services are the Hull Executive, the Highland Chieftain and, probably the most well-known, the Flying Scotsman.

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