THE longest train ride in the UK that takes around 14 hours will be cancelled this year.
Travelling from Penzance to Aberdeen, the Crosscountry route will no longer go ahead from May.
The once-daily route is the longest single train ride in the country, travelling 775 miles with 26 stops along the way.
First starting in 1921, it was only reinstated back in 2023 after it was paused in the pandemic.
However from May 2025 this will be scrapped, with the new longest route ending in Edinburgh rather than Aberdeen.
This will reduce the route by 80 miles, to 695 miles instead.
A Crosscountry spokesperson told local media: “The changes will mean a more convenient service to Penzance for customers; a day trip from Bristol and the west of England become much more viable thanks to the new timetable.
“There will also be considerable operational efficiencies for us arising from the newly-timed services.”
The once-daily new route will leave from Penzance at 11:15am, arriving in Edinburgh at 10:15pm.
Some of the stops include Taunton, Cheltenham, Derby, York and Newcastle.
And some of the most scenic sites along the way include in Bamburgh Castle and the Dawlish seawall.
Tickets could be found for as little as £78.60 each way if booked in advance.
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”The UK train route that offers some of the most spectacular views in the country-” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6338305839112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]If you want one of the shortest train rides in the UK you can head to Stourbridge with a tiny one-carriage train operating just 0.8 miles.
And experts have revealed the most scenic train route in the UK to be the Scottish West Highland Line.
[authenticated-scripts src=”%3Cscript%20class%3D%22palin-poll%22%20src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.co.uk%2Fpollingwidgets%2Fv3%2Fwidget.js%3Fquestion_id%3D105278%26game%3Dpolling%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E” type=”embedded” width=”100″ /]The UK is also getting a number of new train routes, including:
- Cardiff to Edinburgh, taking around six hours
- Oxford to Bristol, the first direct route since 2003
- Oxford to Cambridge, by 2030
Here is how train travel has changed in the past 200 years in the UK.
If you want the world’s longest train journey it could be done in 21 days, travelling 12,000 miles from Portugal to Singapore.
With 20 trains needed, the overall cost was estimated to be around £1,000.
Sadly it would need to travel through Moscow, so currently cannot operate due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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