The Broadsman was introduced by the British Rail in 1950.[2] It provided a service between London Liverpool Street and Cromer, with through coaches for Sheringham. Initially the service was relatively leisurely, departing Cromer at 6.28am, travelling via Norwich with an arrival in London at 10.16am. The return was from London Liverpool Street at 3.40pm, arriving in Cromer at 7.15pm.
In 1951, the service was improved by the introduction of Britannia class locomotives, and 26 minutes was cut from the schedule. In 1952, the service was further improved with speed increases on the section between Norwich and London,[3] running Ipswich to Norwich, 46.25 miles (74.43 km), in 45 minutes.
On 4 December 1957 a car crashed into the level crossing gate at Salhouse railway station. The owner managed to remove the vehicle from the line, but the Broadsman hit the level crossing gate at 45 to 50 mph and uprooted a five-ton concrete post. The train was undamaged.[4]
The Great Eastern Main Line was upgraded in the 1960s with continuous welded rail, and diesel hauled services, and the named trains on this route lost their titles in 1962.
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^Allen, Cecil J. (1967). Titled Trains of Great Britain. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 73.
^"More Holiday Trains". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. England. 25 April 1950. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Faster Trains". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. England. 15 September 1952. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Car Crashes in Path of Express". Birmingham Daily Post. England. 5 December 1957. Retrieved 26 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
January 01, 1970
broadsman, named, passenger, train, operating, united, kingdom, down, passes, stratford, station, april, 1958overviewservice, typepassenger, trainfirst, service1950last, service1962former, operator, brrouteterminilondon, liverpool, streetsheringham, cromerserv. The Broadsman was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom 1 BroadsmanThe Down Broadsman passes Stratford Station on 10 April 1958OverviewService typePassenger trainFirst service1950Last service1962Former operator s BRRouteTerminiLondon Liverpool StreetSheringham and CromerService frequencyDailyHistory editThe Broadsman was introduced by the British Rail in 1950 2 It provided a service between London Liverpool Street and Cromer with through coaches for Sheringham Initially the service was relatively leisurely departing Cromer at 6 28am travelling via Norwich with an arrival in London at 10 16am The return was from London Liverpool Street at 3 40pm arriving in Cromer at 7 15pm In 1951 the service was improved by the introduction of Britannia class locomotives and 26 minutes was cut from the schedule In 1952 the service was further improved with speed increases on the section between Norwich and London 3 running Ipswich to Norwich 46 25 miles 74 43 km in 45 minutes On 4 December 1957 a car crashed into the level crossing gate at Salhouse railway station The owner managed to remove the vehicle from the line but the Broadsman hit the level crossing gate at 45 to 50 mph and uprooted a five ton concrete post The train was undamaged 4 The Great Eastern Main Line was upgraded in the 1960s with continuous welded rail and diesel hauled services and the named trains on this route lost their titles in 1962 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Broadsman Allen Cecil J 1967 Titled Trains of Great Britain Ian Allan Ltd p 73 More Holiday Trains Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette England 25 April 1950 Retrieved 26 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Faster Trains Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer England 15 September 1952 Retrieved 26 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Car Crashes in Path of Express Birmingham Daily Post England 5 December 1957 Retrieved 26 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Broadsman amp oldid 1082738323, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
