Newly restored Flying Scotsman to make its inaugural run from London to York

The Flying Scotsman passes through Kilburn as it arrives in London ahead of its planned inaugural journey Credit: PA

The Flying Scotsman is making her inaugural run from London Kings Cross to York after a ten year restoration costing more than £4.2 million pounds.

The legendary locomotive will steam into York just after midday.

It will leave London at 07.45 and is scheduled to pass Stoke junction at 10.22 and arrive in Grantham at 10.25. Here it will take on water and restart its journey at 10.50.

The Flying Scotsman, painted in its traditional colours, passes through Peterborough railway station Credit: PA

The Flying Scotsman:

  • The Flying Scotsman was built in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in 1923 and soon became the star locomotive of the British railway system, pulling the first train to break the 100mph barrier in 1934.

  • The flagship service is known for on-board innovations like the cinema car, cocktail bar and hairdressing salon.

  • Last year it topped a poll of the world's best-known trains and locomotives following a worldwide survey by YouGov, where people across four continents were asked to name five trains or engines they had heard of.

  • As well as going on display at the National Railway Museum in York, the 'Scotsman' will tour the UK as a working museum exhibit, educating fans of all ages about the wonders of the engineering behind its steam traction.