Passenger Franchise Information
National Express East Coast
Franchise Start Date: 9th December 2007
Franchise End Date: 31st March 2015
Passenger Journeys, 2006 - 07: 17.6 million
Passenger kilometres, 2006 - 07: 4,301.9 million
Train kilometres, 2006 - 07: 18.8 million
Franchise Start Date: 9th December 2007
Franchise End Date: 31st March 2015
Passenger Journeys, 2006 - 07: 17.6 million
Passenger kilometres, 2006 - 07: 4,301.9 million
Train kilometres, 2006 - 07: 18.8 million
Principal Routes
National Express East Coast will operate long-distance InterCity services on the East Coast Main Line, between London Kings Cross and the following destinations, from 11th November 2007:
- Wakefield Westgate, Leeds, Bradford Forster Square, Harrogate and Skipton
- Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Retford, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Dunbar, Edinburgh Waverley, and then on to Glasgow Central (via Motherwell), Aberdeen (via Kirkcaldy, Dundee and Arbroath) and Inverness (via Stirling, Perth and Aviemore)
- Hull, via Selby
- From December 2010 direct services will operate from Lincoln to London Kings Cross
Overview
From 09 December 2007 National Express East Coast will operate the InterCity East Coast franchise, with services between London, northern England and Scotland via Peterborough, Leeds, Doncaster, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Inverness. These services were previously operated by GNER.
