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Grand Union has begun industry consultation over a proposal to operate five open access services a day between Cardiff and Edinburgh, and separately is looking at rolling stock options for its planned London - Carmarthen and London - Stirling services.
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Avanti West Coast introduce new 9 Superfare ticket between Birmingham and London Euston.
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A rail operator has extended a heavily discounted offer to a major Scottish route following the success of a trial south of the border.
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Concerns have been raised about the future delivery of the Caledonian Sleeper rail service between Inverness and London.
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The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has opened up the Great Western Main Line to competition and enabled a significant increase in rail services between London and South Wales. The rail regulator has approved the introduction of new train services between London, Cardiff and South West Wales from the end of 2024. The services will be operated by a new open access operator, Grand Union Trains, bringing competition to the Great Western route out of Paddington. Passengers travelling between London, Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport, Cardiff, Gowerton, Llanelli and Carmarthen will benefit from an extra five daily return services and greater choice of operator. The decision opens up the Great Western Main Line to competition for the first time, with potential benefits in terms of lower fares, improved service quality and innovation for all passengers using the route. The application, submitted to ORR in June 2022, was disputed by Network Rail due to concerns about capacity on the network. But following careful consideration and analysis, ORR has directed Network Rail to enter into a contract with Grand Union. Grand Union has committed to significant investment in new trains. As an open access train operator, however, it will not get paid subsidies from public funds, unlike current operators along the route.
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FirstGroup's 100% electric rail operator Lumo has achieved two major milestones in its first year, having attracted a million passengers and seen rail overtake air travel to become the preferred mode of transport between Edinburgh and London.
Since the introduction of its full timetable in April, Lumo has helped to make rail the favoured mode of transport between Edinburgh and London. Its average ticket price is just £37. Between April and August, 57% of journeys between Edinburgh and London were by rail, compared to a pre-pandemic position of 35% for April-August 2019. Some 66% of travellers chose rail over domestic flights in August itself, suggesting the trend may be set to continue. (Permalink) Edinburgh FirstGroup Hitachi Rail London Lumo |
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Locomotive Intercity promises cheaper tickets and comfier seats on its Friday service between London and Manchester.
(Permalink) Crewe Jeremy Hosking Locomotive Intercity Locomotive Services Ltd London Manchester |
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Passengers slept unaware their train had remained in Glasgow Central amid rail cancellations.
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the launch of direct Azuma services between Middlesbrough and London Kings Cross with Teesside becoming the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNERs world-class trains.
(Permalink) Azuma LNER London London North Eastern Railway Middlesbrough  Middlesbrough: Teesside is the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNER's world class trains. The transporter bridge is in the background as an Azuma heads west from Middlesbrough. London North Eastern ... |
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the launch of direct Azuma services between Middlesbrough and London King's Cross with Teesside becoming the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNER's world-class trains.
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Lumo have announced that there early sales have gone very well and were also delighted to recently open up their new base and recruiting 100 new staff in the process.
(Permalink) Edinburgh London Lumo Timetabling  Edinburgh Waverley: The Lumo train from London after arrival at Edinburgh on the inaugural run.  Finsbury Park: The very first Lumo service to Edinburgh Waverley to carry passengers heads away from the camera as it speeds past Finsbury Park station at 10.50, 5 minutes after its departure from King's Cross, on t ... |
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A special 'Climate Train' will operate between the Netherlands and Scotland today carrying passengers to COP26, the international climate change conference in Glasgow.
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State operator Renfe says Channel tunnel service competing with Eurostar is 'viable and profitable'. Spain's state rail company, Renfe, has announced initial plans to compete with Eurostar by operating a high-speed Channel tunnel line to shuttle travellers between Paris and London. Renfe said studies had shown that the Eurotunnel route, which opened in 1994, could be profitable and workable over the coming years.
(Permalink) EuroTunnel London Paris Renfe  Almeria: A RENFE locomotive-hauled train recently arrived at Almeria on 3 November 2014.  Paris Gare du Nord: Despite the tail lights showing, this Eurostar has just arrived at Gare du Nord from St Pancras on 2nd August 2014 The low platform height allows a dramatic perspective.  St Pancras: Eurostars awaiting departure for Paris and Brussels via the UKs only High Speed Rail Link stand below Mr Barlow's engineering masterpiece at St Pancras station on 5 July 2009.
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MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill travelled between London and Manchester and sat in the posh end - coach K. There he experienced Avanti's ramped-up restaurant-style service.
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The wraps came off Scotlands first competitor train service between Edinburgh and London on Thursday as Lumo's showcase inaugural run crossed the Border ahead of its public launch on Monday.
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The train company Lumo wants to encourage greener and more affordable travel between the capitals.
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Environmental campaigners have hit out as prices for train travel between London and Glasgow for COP26 can be to three times higher than air fares.
(Permalink) Air fare COP26 Fares Glasgow London  Exhibition Centre: A service for Dalmuir via Yoker calls at Exhibition Centre on 13 July 2019. The track on the right is a siding (buffers behind me) used by the few trains terminating at or originating from Anderston. |
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FirstGroup is to launch a budget direct London-Edinburgh rail service next month, which it hopes will lure air passengers to the train as a cheaper and greener alternative. The new service, branded Lumo, will have just one single class of travel and the company hopes it will carry more than 1 million passengers a year on the East Coast line - slightly more than currently fly between the English and Scottish capitals.
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Would-be researchers can take part via the Stories of St James's Burial Ground website (see link).
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Aspiring open access operator Grand Union Trains has submitted a modified Section 17 application for track access to run four trains a day between Stirling and London Euston via the West Coast Main Line. The Office of Rail & Road is seeking responses to the ...
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LNER will add an extra 1,600 seats a week to its trains from next week. The increase, which comes into effect on Monday September 7, will see 10 trains added to the timetable between Scotland and England, connecting Newcastle, Durham, Berwick, Alnmouth and Darlington to York, London, Edinburgh and northern Scotland.
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Brunel Project Cargo, Britain, a provider of complex freight and logistics services, is set to offer an inaugural China - London direct intermodal rail freight service from January 1.
Operated by Yiwu Timex Industrial Investment, the train will travel from Yiwu, Zheijiang province, in eastern China to London Barking freight terminal, and is scheduled to arrive on January 16. The train will return to China shortly afterwards, taking 21 days for the return leg. (Permalink) Brunel Project Cargo China Intermodal London |
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