East Coast Trains news – Page 2

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    Edinburgh – London open access service takes shape

    2020-05-01T06:00:00Z

    UK: With the first of five Hitachi-built trainsets delivered to the UK for fitting out, FirstGroup has appointed the leadership team for its low-cost open access service between Edinburgh and London, which is scheduled to start running from October 2021. Helen Wylde has been appointed as Managing ...

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    Rail Business UK

    East Coast Trains open access recruitment underway

    2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

    UK: FirstGroup subsidiary East Coast Trains Ltd is recruiting a management team for the launch of its planned London – Edinburgh open access services by May 2021. Appointments are expected to be announced early next year, Steve Montgomery, Managing Director of FirstGroup’s First Rail division, told Rail ...

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    Rail Business UK

    Trains ordered for 2021 launch of ‘high-quality, low fare’ London – Edinburgh service

    2019-03-21T11:14:51Z

    UK: FirstGroup has finalised an order for five Hitachi AT300 electric trainsets which it will use to launch a London – Edinburgh open access service in autumn 2021. The £100m deal completed on March 20 is being financed by Beacon Rail Leasing and includes 10 years of maintenance by ...

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    VTEC and FirstGroup granted East Coast Main Line access

    2016-05-12T09:27:00Z

    UK: The Office of Rail & Road announced on May 12 that it had approved applications from Virgin Trains East Coast and FirstGroup for the operation of new passenger services on the East Coast Main Line, but had not approved those from Alliance Rail’s Great North Eastern Railway Company Ltd. ...

  • FirstGroup already operates open access services on the East Coast Main Line through its First Hull Trains business.
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    FirstGroup targets airlines with London – Edinburgh open access proposal

    2015-03-10T09:53:00Z

    UK: FirstGroup has applied to the Office of Rail Regulation for track access rights which would enable it to launch an open access passenger service between London King’s Cross, Stevenage, Newcastle, Morpeth and Edinburgh from 2018. The service of five return trains/day with journey times of 4 h to ...