5 MAY 1928, Page 3

But it was not quite such a non-stop run as

that of the London and North-Eastern. No arrangement was made for a change of the driving staff while the train was moving. A halt was made outside Carlisle Station to change engines. By avoiding the station itself the run apparently became a " non-stop." It is good to see that the railway companies are recovering their pride of inde- pendence and their competitive spirit. It must not be imagined, however, that these non-stop runs mean greater speed than formerly. The speeds of to-day do not com- pare at all favourably with those of thirty years ago.