The London and North Eastern Railway pioneered on board catering on their trains were the first to introduce buffet style service in addition to the additional ‘restaurant’ service aboard their trains.
This buffet car is in the collection of the National Railway museum
I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.
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