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A parliamentary train was a passenger service operated in the United Kingdom to comply with the Railway Regulation Act 1844 that required train companies to provide inexpensive and basic rail transport for less affluent passengers. The act required that at least one such service per day be run on every railway route in the UK.
The Railway Regulation Act 1844 [1] (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom providing a minimum standard for rail passenger travel. It provided compulsory services at a price affordable to poorer people to enable them to travel to find work.
The Cheap Trains Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 34) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that marked the beginning of workers' train (and later bus) services. It removed the passenger duty on any train charging less than a penny (1d) a mile and obliged the railway companies to operate a larger number of cheap trains.
A train heading to Strasburg carrying hundreds of members and staff of the European Parliament ended up at Disneyland Paris on Monday after taking the wrong turn.
The only timetabled service on the line was a summer-only parliamentary train: 07:53 Chester to Runcorn (2F80) operated by Northern. [12] The service, which was non-stop between Chester and Runcorn, was only on certain Saturdays during the summer until September. A Class 150 or Class 156 two-carriage diesel multiple unit was used.
For many years, the only service was the 09:22 Fridays-only parliamentary train from Stockport to Stalybridge. It stopped at Reddish South at 09:26, before continuing to Stalybridge via Denton and Guide Bridge. [9] On 20 May 2018, Arriva Rail North replaced the Friday service with one return service on Saturday mornings.
Chiltern Railways operates two parliamentary train services: [38] Cherwell Valley line : there is a single daily parliamentary service operating on the Cherwell Valley line from Oxford to Banbury, operated by Chiltern Railways.
A poster at the station informed ticket-holders to use a taxi to Newhaven Harbour station at the scheduled time of the parliamentary train, although the journey between the two stations was a short walk. [17] [21] In May 2017, the station buildings were demolished and access to the site remained impossible. Service was suspended in early 2019 ...