Date: 13/12/2013

ALLIANCE Rail Holdings has announced plans to invest up to £300m to introduce an hourly-interval open-access service - operated by its Great North Eastern Railway subsidiary - between London King's Cross and Edinburgh on Britain's East Coast Main Line (ECML) using a fleet of Pendolino trains acquired from Alstom.

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Fast trains hope for East Coast line

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Plans for new high speed trains between London, Newcastle and Edinburgh are to be submitted to the Office of Rail Regulation.

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The 10.10 Virgin Trains Edinburgh Waverley - London Euston Pendolino westbound through Curriehill on 7 March 2006. This is the second station to stand on this site, having been officially opened in 1987.
Location: Curriehill
Company: Caledonian Railway
07/03/2006 John Furnevel