"Mizter T" wrote in message
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You can get from Aberdeen to London by rail in between 7 and 8 hours,
including by direct train, so saying it'd take a couple of days is
simply exaggeration. Additionally there's the sleeper between Aberdeen
to London, so you can do it when your asleep too (if you can sleep etc
etc).

It's not that long ago there was an open access operator trying to get on
the route. Presumably they thought there was a rail market to tap, but the
ORR turned them down...

Paul S