This article is about the current train operating company. For the historical company, see London and North Eastern Railway.
London North Eastern Railway
InterCity 225 and Class 800 Azuma at York in October 2022
Overview
Franchise(s)
InterCity East Coast 24 June 2018 – present
Main region(s)
East of England
East Midlands
Greater London
North East England
Scotland
Yorkshire and the Humber
Fleet size
12 Class 91 locomotives for 8 InterCity 225 sets
23 Class 800 Azuma sets
42 Class 801 Azuma sets
Stations called at
55
Stations operated
11
Parent company
DfT OLR Holdings for Department for Transport
Reporting mark
GR
Predecessor
Virgin Trains East Coast
Other
Website
www.lner.co.uk
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London North Eastern Railway
Legend
Inverness
Carrbridge
Aviemore
Kingussie
Newtonmore
Blair Atholl
Pitlochry
Dunkeld & Birnam
Perth
Gleneagles
Dunblane
Stirling
Falkirk Grahamston
Aberdeen
Stonehaven
Montrose
Arbroath
Dundee
Leuchars
Kirkcaldy
Inverkeithing
Glasgow Central
Motherwell
Haymarket
Edinburgh Waverley
Dunbar
Reston
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Alnmouth
Morpeth
Sunderland
Newcastle
Durham
Darlington
Middlesbrough
Thornaby
Northallerton
Skipton
Keighley
Bradford Forster Square
York
Shipley
Harrogate
Horsforth
Hull Paragon
Brough
Selby
Leeds
Wakefield Westgate
Doncaster
Retford
Lincoln
Newark Northgate
Grantham
Peterborough
Stevenage
London King's Cross
The route map for the May to December 2019 LNER timetable The five daily Lincoln services, which are an extension of terminating services at Newark North Gate, will go live during the currency of this timetable[1]
London North Eastern Railway[2] (LNER) is a British train operating company. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT). The company's name echoes that of the London and North Eastern Railway, one of the Big Four companies which operated between 1923 and 1948.
During June 2018, LNER took over the InterCity East Coast franchise, after the previous privately owned operator Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) returned it to the government following sustained financial difficulties. The DfT intended for the company to operate the franchise until a new public–private partnership could be established during 2020. However, in July 2019, it was announced that LNER had been given a direct-award to run these services beyond 28 June 2020, up until 25 June 2023,[3] making it the longest franchise on the East Coast Main Line since Great North Eastern Railway (GNER).[4]
Early on, the integration of Great Northern services into LNER's operation after the expiration of the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franchise in 2021 was being actively considered as well.
LNER provides long-distance inter-city services on the East Coast Main Line to and from London; the principal destinations served are Leeds, York, Newcastle upon Tyne and Edinburgh. It directly manages 11 stations,[5] while its trains call at 55 stations in total. LNER's initial rolling stock consisted of a fleet of InterCity 125 and InterCity 225 high speed trains that it had inherited from VTEC. During May 2019, the first batch of Class 800 bi-mode high speed multiple units, based on the Hitachi A-train platform, entered service, followed by the very similar Class 801 electric multiple units during September of that year. Branded by LNER as the Azuma, their introduction has permitted the InterCity 125 sets to be withdrawn from service entirely, along with most of the InterCity 225s. A limited number of InterCity 225 sets have been retained and continue to be regularly operated by LNER.
^"LNER Timetable" (PDF). lner.co.uk. Notes C and D. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^"London North Eastern Railway Limited: company no. 4659712". Companies House. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^"Services agreement relating to East Coast Franchise" (PDF). Department for Transport. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^"Nationalisation of East Coast mainline extended until 2025". The Parliamentary Review. 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^"Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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