What is the average speed of a train in England?

It all depends on the line, at southeastern, mainline services (excluding high speed and metro) can get up to 100mph (line speed permitting) although class 465 will only do 75mph, however with all the station stops an average speed would probably be anywhere between 50–60 mph!



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