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The ''Cathedrals Express'' was a named passenger express on the Western Region of British Railways. It ran between the cathedral cities of Hereford and Worcester up to London Paddington.〔 The service was introduced on 16 September 1957 and ran six days a week until the 12 June 1965. It departed Hereford at 7:45am with a return from Paddington at 4:45. Coaching stock was in the GWR chocolate and cream livery, not the BR standard maroon of this period. The service also stopped at Oxford, another cathedral city, although this was already well-served by other London services. Although named, this was not a fast service. Beyond Worcester to Hereford it was at most a semi-fast service, not an express.〔 In later years the number of stops increased: Hereford (depart 8:00am), Ledbury, Colwall, Great Malvern, Malvern Link, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill (depart 09:10), Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Reading and Paddington (arrival 11:55 weekdays; 12:09 Saturdays). There was a restaurant car service from Worcester. Through carriages from Kidderminster were also attached at Worcester. == Headboard == This was the last named express with a headboard to be introduced on British Railways in the steam era.〔 The headboard design was unusual and somewhat ecclesiastical in design. It did not have the usual border around it and its distinctive feature was the use of a blackletter font, not otherwise used for headboards.〔 The headboard was surmounted by a bishop's mitre as a crest in relief. Three dimensional crests were relatively uncommon on British headboards, although used more on the Western Region than elsewhere. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cathedrals Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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