The Brighton Belle has made it on to a list of the world’s best-known trains, in a poll across four continents conducted by YouGov.
The pollsters carried out the survey for the National Railway Museum and asked respondents to name five famous trains.
The Brighton Belle came 24th out of 25 listed in the results, just ahead of the fictional Hogwarts Express, from the Harry Potter series.
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The poll results – announced on St Andrew’s Day today (Monday 30 November) – listed the Flying Scotsman at number one.
Today is also the 81st anniversary of the Flying Scotsman becoming the first locomotive to travel at 100mph.
The National Railway Museum plans to give the restored 1923 engine a run on the tracks in late February – its first for more than 10 years.
The results of the YouGov poll of people in Britain, America, India and Australia, carried out online, was
1 Flying Scotsman
2 Rajadhani Express
3 Orient Express
4 The Ghan
5 Shatabdi Express
6 Amtrak
7 Indian Pacific
8 Mallard
9 Duronto Express
10 Bullet Train
11 Thomas the Tank Engine
12 Garib Rath
13 Chennai Express
14 Stephenson’s Rocket
15 Overlander
16 Trans-Siberian Express
17 Puffing Billy
18 Eurostar
19 Union Pacific
20 Deccan Queen
21 The Blue Train
22 Palace on Wheels
23 Rocky Mountaineer
24 Brighton Belle
25 Hogwarts Express
