Merseyside Express
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|start = Euston
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|end = Liverpool Lime Street
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|frequency = Daily
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|line_used = West Coast Main Line
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|stock = Stanier 8P pacific, No.6201 Princess Elizabeth
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File:Crewe Merseyside Express geograph-2396432-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg No. D236 at Crewe on 14 April 1960]]
The Merseyside Express was a named passenger train that ran non-stop between Euston and Liverpool Lime Street stations on the West Coast Main Line in the 1950s, typically hauled by Princess class Pacifics. Its final journey was in 1962. Lizzie, named after the future queen when she was just seven years old, has held the world record for continuous high-speed travel by any steam locomotive since 1936.{{cite news |title=Glory days of steam return |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2007/02/10/glory-days-of-steam-return/ |work=www.expressandstar.com |language=en}}
File:Berkhamsted geograph-2741226-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg 46164 The Artists' Rifleman with the Up Merseyside Express between Tring and Berkhamstead on 5 May 1962.]]
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See also
Category:Named passenger trains of British Rail
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