Midland | 66 | 41 | 45 | 8,860 |
928 | Great Northern | {48} 67 | 43 | 46 | 6,780 |
| | {19} | | | |
907 | Great Eastern | 34 | 41 | 43 | 3,040 |
2267 | Great Western | 18 | 42 | 46 | 2,600 |
1519 | North-Eastern | 19 | 40 | 43 | 2,110 |
290 | Manch., Sheffield,| 49 | 43 | 44 | 2,318 |
| and Lincoln | | | | |
767 | Caledonian | 16 | 40 | 42 | 1,155 |
435 | Brighton | 13 | 41 | 41 | 1,155 |
382 | South-Eastern | 12 | 41 | 41 | 940 |
329 | Glasgow and | 8 | 41 | 43 | 920 |
| South-Western | | | | |
796 | London and | 3 | 41 | 44 | 890 |
| South-Western | | | | |
984 | North British | 11 | 39 | 41 | 830 |
153 | Chatham and Dover | 9 | 42 | 43 | 690 |
+-----------+----------+---------+---------+
| 407 | 41 | 44 | 42,683 |
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A total of 407 express trains, whose average journey-speed is 41.6,
and which run 42,680 miles at an average "running average" of 44.3
miles per hour.

If we arrange the companies according to their speed instead of their
mileage, the order is:

Average
r.a. Miles
Great Northern. 46 6,780
Great Western. 46 [2]2,600
Midland. 45 8,860
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 44 2,318
London and South-Western. 44 890
North-Western. 43 10,400
Glasgow and South-Western. 43 920
Great Eastern. 43 3,040
North-Eastern. 43 2,110
Chatham and Dover. 43 690
Caledonian. 42 1,155
South-Eastern.