Long-distance train travel means different things to different people. For some a journey on one of the main lines to London will be quite an outing whether on business or for the experience of a visit to the capital. For others, peregrinating from one side of the country to the other can be more of a tricky adventure, some of the reasons for which lie entangled in the historic evolution of our railway system.
I have not been a particularly frequent traveller to London but a few highlights have lingered in the memory. My first, in about 1959, was from
