John O'Groat

{{About|the train|the village in Scotland|John o' Groats}}

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The John O'Groat was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom.{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Cecil J. |date=1967 |title=Titled Trains of Great Britain |url= |location= |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd. |page=97 |isbn= |author-link= }}

History

The service was introduced on 26 July 1936 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.{{cite news |author= |title=Trains With Names |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19360404/177/0018 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=Scotland |date=4 April 1936 |access-date=22 November 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} It was given to the 4.10pm train from Inverness to Wick and Thurso.

The name was abandoned at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, and not re-adopted afterwards.

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