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Train named after King Athelstan to mark 1,100 years since coronation in Kingston

Podcaster and historian Tom Holland joined with South Western Railway to name the train in Kingston upon Thames - (Jack Hall/KN/MI)

A train has been named King Athelstan - marking the 1,100-year anniversary of the coronation of England's first and 'greatest' monarch.

Podcaster and historian Tom Holland joined with South Western Railway to name the train in Kingston upon Thames, London, in a ceremony at the town's station on Thursday [September 4th].

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