On 11/8/18 1:21 AM, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
There were overnight trains then: the sleepers.
There still are: GWR's Night Riviera, Serco's Caledonian Sleeper, and (if you're wealthy) Belmond's Royal Scotsman. I rode a sleeper from London to Edinburgh long ago and would like to do it again some time if Serco ever gets their act together: Murray P. New Caledonian Sleeper trains slip to May next year. Inverness Courier. 2018-10-01. https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/News/New-Caledonian-Sleeper-trains-slip-... I just now tried to schedule a slot in the Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Edinburgh Waverley arriving Sunday, 2019-10-27, which could be an interesting date given the disputes over Brexit and EU DST. Unfortunately for my experiment, that train doesn't operate Sunday mornings - which is perhaps the simplest way for a sleeper train operator to address the issue.