Which all-Pullman train ran between London and Brighton from 1931 to 1972?
Brighton Belle Brighton Belle The Brighton Belle was a named train which was operated by the Southern Railway and subsequently by British Rail from Victoria Station in London to Brighton, on the Sussex coast. Commissioned as the flagship of the Southern Railway's mass electrification project, which commenced in January 1931, the world's only electric all-Pullman service ran daily between London Victoria and Brighton from 1 January 1933 until 30 April 1972. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) began using Pullman cars in its express trains in 1875, and in December 1881 they introduced the first all-Pullman train in the UK.
Pullman train (UK) 1928 the company placed an order for seven Pullman cars - four Kitchen Cars and three Parlour Cars, No's 252-258 - with construction subcontracted to Metropolitan Cammell in Birmingham. Initially deployed from May 1929 on the London Paddington-Plymouth Mill Bay service, amongst standard GWR stock within the "Ocean Liner Express" boat train. From 8 July 1929, the vehicles were deployed into a new train the "Torquay Pullman Limited", an all-Pullman service which ran two days a week between London Paddington and , stopping at and only. Not a commercial success, the train returned for the 1930 timetable as a 3