{{italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox rail service |box_width = |name = ''Hull Executive'' |logo = |logo_width = |image = |image_size = |caption = |type = Passenger train |status = |locale = |predecessor = ''The Hull Pullman'' |first = 8 May 1978 |last = 31 March 2015 |successor = |operator = |formeroperator = East Coast<br>National Express East Coast<br>GNER<br>InterCity<br>British Rail |ridership = |start = London King's Cross |stops = |end = Hull |distance = |journeytime = |frequency = Daily |trainnumber = |line_used = East Coast<br>Selby |class = |access = |seating = |catering = |entertainment = |baggage = |otherfacilities = |stock = InterCity 125 |gauge = |speed = 125 mph |owners = |routenumber = |map = }}
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The '''''Hull Executive''''' was a named English passenger train operated by East Coast and its predecessors. It ran daily in each direction between London King's Cross and Hull via the East Coast and Selby Lines. It was operated by diesel-powered InterCity 125 High Speed Trains.
==History== The service was introduced on 8 May 1978 by British Rail, replacing the previous ''The Hull Pullman''. At first the service was operated by Class 55 Deltic locomotives hauling Mark 2 carriages. These were replaced by High Speed Trains in January 1981, by which time the ''Hull Executive'' was Hull's only through train to London.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=In brief|magazine=Railway Gazette International|issue= January 1981|page=24}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Titled Trains of Britain|magazine=The Railway Magazine|issue=1327|date=November 2011|page=37}}</ref>
The name was used for a morning service to London returning in the evening. It called at Brough and Selby as well as certain stations on the East Coast Main Line from Doncaster southwards. Prior to 2000, it was routed via Goole instead of Selby.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=GNER to revive Selby-London service|magazine=The Railway Magazine|issue=1187 |date=March 2000|page=12}}</ref>
In September 2000, Hull Trains began operating services on the same route and today operates seven return services.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New link launched from Hull to London|magazine=Rail Magazine|issue=392|date=20 September 2000|page=14}}</ref><ref>[http://www.hulltrains.co.uk/travel-information/our-timetables/?gclid=CMiTrraO2M4CFQoTGwodSosI2A Our Timetables] Hull Trains</ref>
The name was still being shown in East Coast timetables up until its cessation in March 2015, but was quietly dropped by Virgin Trains East Coast when it took over the InterCity East Coast franchise in April 2015.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150119124219/http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/globalassets/downloads/pdf/timetables/east-coast-14-dec-to-10-may-2015.pdf Timetable 14 December 2014] East Coast</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160413032634/https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/globalassets/downloads/pdf/timetables/vtec-timetable-booklet-2015-2016.pdf Timetable 1 April 2015] Virgin Trains East Coast</ref> The service now runs without a name and is operated by London North Eastern Railway.
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Named passenger trains of British Rail Category:East Coast Main Line Category:Railway services introduced in 1978 Category:Railway services discontinued in 2015 Category:Rail transport in Kingston upon Hull Category:1978 establishments in England Category:2015 disestablishments in England