"The Union-Castle Express" Boat Train |
London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Union-Castle Terminal)
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RETURN
TO
THE HOMEPAGE
RMS WINDSOR CASTLE 1960
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Since the
days of the
Southern Railway before the Second World War, special trains called
“Ocean
Liner Specials” were operated to carry the passengers from the ocean
liners
that docked at the railway's Southampton Docks to London Waterloo. By
1952
British Railways had decided to give the more prominent boat trains to
Southampton Docks special names, such as the Cunarder, the Statesman,
the Union
Castle Express, the Holland American, and the South American etc.
However there
were also a lot of boat trains without special names as well. One of the
more famous boat
trains from London Waterloo to Southampton Docks (Union-Castle
Terminal) at
this time was “The Union Castle Express” which was a special Boat Train
to
connect with the Union-Castle Line express mailships to
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