Using a 9-car bi-mode LNER Azuma train, the unit (no. 800108) started its journey at Leeds, left the ECML at Doncaster, joined the Midland Main Line at Chesterfield, and terminated in London St Pancras.
Railways have changed the world in so many ways, and the Stockton & Darlington Railway led the way, connecting communities and enabling for the first time the flow of people and goods.