Master Cutler (train)
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| Overview | |
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| Service type | Passenger train |
| First service | 6 October 1947 |
| Current operator(s) | East Midlands Trains |
| Former operator(s) |
Midland Mainline InterCity British Rail London & North Eastern Railway |
| Route | |
| Start | Sheffield |
| End | London St Pancras |
| Average journey time | 2 hours |
| Service frequency | Weekdays |
| Train number(s) | 1C20 |
| Line used | Midland Main Line |
| Technical | |
| Class 222 | |
| Operating speed | 125 mph |
The Master Cutler is a British named express passenger train operated by East Midlands Trains between Sheffield and London St Pancras. It has a somewhat complicated history, with the route and composition changing several times.
In 1947 at a meeting of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire Ronald Matthews, a former holder of the office of Master Cutler and Chairman of the London and North Eastern Railway suggested that the 7.40 train from Sheffield Victoria to London Marleybone, returning at 18.15, should be named The Master Cutler. This was agreed by both the Company of Cutlers and the LNER. The then Master Cutler, A Balfour, later the 2nd Lord Riverdale, rode on the footplate of the inaugural train. It has since been a tradition that the Master Cutler ride with the driver of the train during their year of office. The Master Cutler was introduced by the LNER on 6 October 1947, running on the Great Central Main Line route from Sheffield Victoria to London Marylebone calling at Nottingham Victoria and Leicester Central. Upon nationalisation the following year, the service became the responsibility of the Eastern Region of British Railways. Known to staff simply as "The Cutler", the train carried a restaurant car and was generally hauled by a Gresley A3 Pacific.
In 1958, passenger services on the former Great Central route were beginning to be run down, and on 15 September of that year the title of the train switched to a new Class 40 diesel hauled service from Sheffield Victoria to London King's Cross calling at Retford only via East Coast Main Line.
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