RAILSCOT | Coronavirus: Grand Central trains announces 'measured' return [BBC News]

Coronavirus: Grand Central trains announces 'measured' return [BBC News]

Date: 01/07/2020

A train firm has announced a ^measured^ return to service after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to suspend operations in April.

Grand Central will restart journeys on its West Yorkshire and North East routes from 26 July.

The business will resume with daily return services between Bradford and Sunderland and London King^s Cross.

Because the Yorkshire-based company is an open access operator, it does not benefit from government support.

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The firm, which runs from London to West Yorkshire and the north-east, will restart on 26 July.

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