London North Eastern Railway is helping fans travelling to Edinburgh for tonight’s Taylor Swift concert get into the spirit of the occasion by naming one of its trains “The Flying Swiftie”.

For many years, the 10.00 service from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley was “The Flying Scotsman”, but today it was specially named “The Flying Swiftie” in recognition of tonight’s Taylor Swift concert in Edinburgh.

The train continues the tradition of London North Eastern Railway and its predecessor London and North Eastern Railway of naming trains, which besides the most famous of them all The Flying Scotsman, currently includes the Highland Chieftain and the recently introduced Carolean Express and in years past included the Queen of Scots, the Heart of Midlothian, and the Aberdonian.

Taylor Swift is playing three gigs at Edinburgh’s British Gas Murrayfield Stadium, today, Friday, 7th, Saturday, 8th, and Sunday, 9th June, all starting at 4.30.

She then plays three gigs at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 13th to 15th June, and two gigs in Cardiff on Tuesday 18th June.

To remind passengers that Everything Has Changed, they’re on The Flying Swiftie, and as they travel in Style and say So Long, London, on-train and station announcements, and screens around London King’s Cross station and along the route will refer to the train’s name too.

Onboard the train, a special Flying Swiftie discount will enable Taylor Swift fans to get refreshments cheaper than their Wildest Dreams.

For anyone who has never been to Murrayfield Stadium, London North Eastern Railway has produced a guide explaining how to get from Edinburgh Waverley to Murrayfield Stadium. The guide is available for fans on social media.

With many thousands of fans expected to be travelling by train to the concerts, trains are expected to be very busy throughout the weekend and passengers are encouraged to reserve their seats in advance via the London North Eastern Railway website.

ScotRail will also be providing extra services and adding extra carriages to trains to help fans get to Edinburgh for the concerts,

We know thousands of people will be travelling to see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour this summer and it fills us with Happiness to be carrying so many of them in Style.

We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to celebrate the tour arriving in the UK and so our special Flying Swiftie service will say ‘So Long, London’ at 10am – packed with fans heading for the first night in Edinburgh.

Stuart Thomas, Communications Director at LNER