Date: 10/03/2015

First Group has announced plans for a new open access intercity rail service between London King’s Cross and Edinburgh. The operator has submitted a track access rights application to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) to run a new service on the East Coast Main Line between London and Edinburgh, via Stevenage, Newcastle and Morpeth. First Group, which already runs open access services through First Hull Trains, hopes to introduce its new offering from 2018 and has said the service will be served by a fleet of new trains. [From Richard Buckby]

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