THE Coronation, according to Network Rail, saw the largest number of armed forces personnel moved by train since Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965 and the first troop trains since the Falklands War in 1982.
In an operation codenamed ‘Project Golden Orb’, around 5000 Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force and Commonwealth forces personnel were taken to and from Waterloo station on nine special trains.
South Western Railway operated seven trains
