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===Charter and excursion traffic=== | ===Charter and excursion traffic=== | ||
[[File:Llandudno-Station-Wyrdlight-814235.jpg|upright|thumb|LMS monogram at Llandudno Station]] | [[File:Llandudno-Station-Wyrdlight-814235.jpg|upright|thumb|LMS monogram at Llandudno Station]] | ||
− | Charter and excursion | + | Charter and [[excursion train]]s were a significant source of revenue and the LMS became a specialist in the movement of large numbers of people, with locomotives and rolling stock often kept in operation just to service such seasonal traffic. In one year, the LMS ran 43 special trains to take spectators to the [[Grand National]] at [[Aintree Racecourse|Aintree]],<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp97"/> and a further 55 for the [[FA Cup Final|Cup Final]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]].<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp97"/> Longer running events demanded operations on a much larger scale, with the [[Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938|Glasgow Empire Exhibition]] requiring 1,800 special trains,<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp98">{{Harvnb|Whitehouse|Thomas|2002|p=98.}}</ref> with a further 1,456 run in connection with the [[Blackpool Illuminations]].<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp98"/> The number of people moved was huge, with over 2.2 million holidaymakers arriving in [[Blackpool]] between the start of July and the end of September alone.<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp98"/> Besides these mass-market events, the company also ran regular tourist excursions to a variety of destinations, such as [[Oban]] in the Scottish highlands,<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp99">{{Harvnb|Whitehouse|Thomas|2002|p=99.}}</ref> [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]] in the English [[Lake District]],<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp98"/> and even the [[First World War]] battlefields in [[Belgium]], by way of the [[Tilbury]] to [[Dunkirk|Dunkerque]] ferry service and the [[National Railway Company of Belgium|Belgian railways]].<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp99"/> |
− | Such was the importance of such excursion traffic that a special department was established in 1929 and oversaw the expansion from 7,500 special trains in that year to nearly 22,000 in 1938. | + | Such was the importance of such excursion traffic that a special department was established in 1929 and oversaw the expansion from 7,500 special trains in that year to nearly 22,000 in 1938.<ref name="WhitehouseThomasp98"/> |
===Scheduled services=== | ===Scheduled services=== |