Britain has set up a new record for an/express railway journey which'challenges the world. The Great "Western line is running'an express at an.ayerage speed of G6.2 miles an hour,' which believed to be a record. It is; ,the 2.30 p:m. Cheltenham to Padding.ton''train, which /travels - the ; last .77 miles of its Tun in'• 70-minutes."
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 246, 17 October 1929, Page 9
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