Robin Hood (train)


The Robin Hood is one of the four flagship named passenger trains operated by East Midlands Railway, inherited from Midland Mainline, in England.

History

The first use of the Robin Hood name was on 2 February 1959 when British Railways gave the name to the 0815 from Nottingham to London. Unusually, this avoided and stopped only at Manton. In the reverse direction, however, it also stopped at, and.
The train lost its name at the end of the summer 1962 timetable.
Prior to the timetable change on 14 December 2008, the Robin Hood was operated by a 7-car Class 222 Meridian on both the outward and return trip.
As of 2016, there were two trains named Robin Hood:
As of 2019, the two trains named the Robin Hood were rescheduled to run as:
  • the 0800 service from Nottingham to London St Pancras arriving at 0938 on weekday mornings. It was operated by a 7-car Class 222 Meridian at an average speed of.
  • the 1634 service from London St Pancras to Nottingham arriving at 1819 on weekday evenings. It was operated by an InterCity 125 HST at an average speed of.
Neither service runs at weekends.

Current service

The current East Midlands Railway timetable has the Robin Hood running as:
  • the 0640 train from to London St Pancras arriving at 0927 on weekday mornings. It is operated by a 10-car Class 222 Meridian.
  • the 1735 train from London St Pancras to Nottingham arriving at 1913 on weekday evenings. It is operated by a 10-car Class 222 Meridian.

    Other named trains

East Midlands Railway operates three other named trains called:
  • Master Cutler
  • South Yorkshireman
  • Sheffield Continental.