The East Coast Mainline
The east coast mainline is a mainline running from london to Inverness, It is The LNER's take on the "Race to the North" against The west coast mainline Counterpart
The main part of the east coast mainline is operated by East Coast, it used to be owned by a bus company National Express, but was then passed back over to the government, which has put up a bidding process that was won by Virgin trains, who will take over on 1st of March 2015
A list of operating companies are shown below
The main part of the east coast mainline is operated by East Coast, it used to be owned by a bus company National Express, but was then passed back over to the government, which has put up a bidding process that was won by Virgin trains, who will take over on 1st of March 2015
A list of operating companies are shown below
- Great Northern: commuter services between King's Cross, Peterborough, Cambridge and King's Lynn and between Moorgate and Stevenage via Welwyn
- First Hull Trains: between Kings Cross and Hull.
- East Midlands Trains: local services between Grantham and Peterborough, part of the service that runs between Liverpool Lime Street and Norwich, as well as London services between Doncaster and York/Scarborough, extensions of services running to/from Sheffield, Leicester and London St Pancras.
- CrossCountry: cross-country services north of Sheffield are routed via either Leeds or Doncaster. Leeds trains use the ECML between Wakefield Westgate and Leeds and then again north of York. Doncaster trains use the ECML north of Doncaster. Services run to and beyond Edinburgh. Occasional services run from Doncaster to Leeds before rejoining the ECML at York.
- First TransPennine Express: between York and Newcastle and between York and Northallerton before they divert off the ECML to Middlesbrough via Yarm.
- Northern Rail: suburban services from Doncaster to Leeds and Chathill to Newcastle via Morpeth railway station and infrequent services between Newcastle and Darlington that continue to Middlesbrough and Saltburn. Services between Selby and York also use the line from Hambleton Junction to York.
- First ScotRail: services from Edinburgh Waverley to North Berwick and Dunbar. The overnight Caledonian Sleeper occasionally uses the ECML when engineering works prevent it from using its normal train path on the WCML.
- Grand Central: intercity from Kings Cross to Sunderland, branching off the main line at Northallerton; and Bradford, branching off at Doncaster.
- East Coast: They are the main operators of the entire route to and from Inverness and London, While most trains terminate at Edinburgh, some of the diesel HST's Go up to inverness from Edinburgh, as the line is not electrified