Cornish cream and it started in Wolverhampton and why yesterday is relevant to tomorrow

If one stood on any London station up to the late 1960s their were a great many named and titled trains. I am sure you have all heard of the Flying Scotsman, which was not only the name of a locomotive, but also the famous train service between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley.

So it was that from 1952 until the 1960s that the residents of Wolverhampton and its surrounding area, could travel on the Cornishman train. Such was the importance of Wolverhampton (it still is important) that it was deemed appropriate that the town should have its own named train to transport the holidaymakers and business people in some style. 

The Cornishman train started at Wolverhampton low level station with its destination of Penzance via, Stratford upon Avon, Cheltenham and Bristol. It had a restaurant car service throughout its journey.

As the journey progressed towards the Cornish Riviera and it’s cream teas and other delights, it must have seemed appropriate to those travellers that the residents of this great industrial town had their own prestigious train.

With the coronavirus pandemic and public awareness of climate change, the popularity of U.K. holidays may well be on a rapid rise.

Wolverhampton is now a City (since 2000) and it may encourage people to travel by train if their were more named trains running out of Wolverhampton and other such towns and Cities.

Perhaps bringing back restaurant cars for standard class passengers as well as first class passengers would help to make the U.K. holiday and business travel something as special as it really is.

Perhaps you know a town or city that you know that would benefit from a prestigious titles train such as the Cornishman and do let me know your thoughts?