The Mid-Day Scot was a British express passenger train running between and , leaving around lunchtime daily in both directions. The name was inherited by the London Midland Region of British Railways

London Midland Region of British Railways

The London Midland Region was one of the six regions created on the formation of the nationalised British Railways and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway lines in England and Wales. The region was managed first from buildings adjacent to Euston Station and later from Stanier...

 from the prewar London, Midland and Scottish Railway

London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...

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In the timetable for winter 1959-60, the Mid-day Scot became non-stop between and London, having in earlier years called at Rugby. It was accelerated by 49 minutes in the down (northward) direction and by 30 minutes in the up, for a new journey time in both directions of 7 hours 15 minutes, identical with the other two daytime named trains of the period between the two cities, the Royal Scot and The Caledonian

The Caledonian

The Caledonian was a British express passenger train of the 1950s and 1960s running between and , up in the morning, due into London in mid-afternoon, and down in the afternoon, with a Glasgow arrival in the late evening...

. All three trains were restricted to eight coaches to save weight, and the number of passengers carried was limited to the seating capacity of the train, standing passengers not being permitted.