The Great Western Eailwaj one night recently ran a train from Paddington to Fish guard, a distance of 287>£ miles, without an intermediate stop. This was in connection with an excursion to Killarney, which loft London at 8.40 p.m. It is the longest non-stop run yet performed on the Great Western line, although in 1904 and 1905 they ran a limited express from London to Plymouth (via Bristol), a distance of 246 miles, without stopping, daily during the summer months. The run performed is only eclipsed, in point of distance, by that made by the London and North-Western Railway a few years ago, when a special train ran from Euston to Carlisle without stopping, a distance of miles.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 284, 9 December 1907, Page 3
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