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Night Riviera

London → Penzance · England

Sleeping cars have run west from Paddington since 1877; today’s train hugs Brunel’s storm-lashed Dawlish sea wall to the far tip of Cornwall.

Distance
491 km
Fastest time
8 h
Average speed
61 km/h
Top speed
150 km/h

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Night Riviera, London to Penzance
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Stations

  1. 0 kmLondon Paddington +4
  2. 57 kmReading +4
  3. 228 kmTaunton +2
  4. 251 kmTiverton Parkway +2
  5. 277 kmExeter St Davids +5
  6. 309 kmNewton Abbot +2
  7. Show 7 more stations
    1. 323 kmTotnes +2
    2. 360 kmPlymouth +2
    3. 388 kmLiskeard +1
    4. 403 kmBodmin Parkway +1
    5. 408 kmLostwithiel +1
    6. 415 kmPar +1
    7. 422 kmSt Austell +1
  8. 445 kmTruro +1
  9. 459 kmRedruth +1
  10. 465 kmCamborne +1
  11. 477 kmSt Erth +1
  12. 486 kmPenzance +1

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

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Questions and answers

How long is the Night Riviera?

The Night Riviera runs 491 km from London to Penzance.

How long does the Night Riviera take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 8 h for the 491 km. That is an average of 61 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 150 km/h.

Who runs the Night Riviera?

Great Western Railway, with Class 57 with Mk3 sleepers.

How old is the Night Riviera?

The line has been in service since 1877. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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