East Coast (Railway Operating Company)
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| company | East Coast Main Line Co. Ltd |
| has operated since | November 14, 2009 |
| Main line | King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley and Leeds |
| Secondary goals | various destinations in Yorkshire and North and Central Scotland |
| fleet |
31 trains of the British Class 91 |
| Train stations | 12 |
| Parent company | Directly Operated Railways Ltd. |
| Website | www.eastcoast.co.uk |
From 2009 to 2015, East Coast was the brand name of the British railway company East Coast Main Line Company Ltd , which is a subsidiary of the Directly Operated Railways Ltd. holding company . was.
On November 14, 2009, the company was formed by the UK Department of Transport and took over the business of its predecessor, National Express East Coast , which had been in operation since 2007 , after the National Express Group had stopped making payments to its franchise company.
Operations ceased on February 28, 2015, and on March 1, 2015, the vehicles and the routes served were taken over by Virgin Trains East Coast .
stretch
Main lines
London - Newcastle - Edinburgh (- Glasgow)
During the day there is a train connection from King's Cross Station in London to Newcastle , every half hour and with most stops on the way. Trains stop in Stevenage , Peterborough , Grantham , Newark-on-Trent , Retford , Doncaster , York , Northallerton , Darlington and Durham .
Trains run from London to Edinburgh every hour on the hour , and to Glasgow every two hours . The pair of trains that leave London and Edinburgh at 10 a.m. is traditionally called the Flying Scotsman . Only stopping in York and Newcastle, the pair of trains is the fastest north-south connection in Great Britain.
After the takeover in November 2009, the Department for Transport reviewed the cancellation of the continuous connection from London to Glasgow, as the travel time on the West Coast Main Line, which runs parallel to the west, between the two cities is significantly different (4:31 h compared to 5:45 h on the East Coast Main Line ).
London - Leeds
There is also a half hour connection via Wakefield to Leeds . Most of the time the trains stop in Doncaster and Peterborough, some even in Newark, Retford, Grantham and Stevenage.
Branch lines
- to Aberdeen : Three pairs of trains a day run between King's Cross and Aberdeen. The trains leave at 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and take a good seven hours for their journey. A pair of trains run daily between Leeds and Aberdeen. Since the Edinburgh – Aberdeen section is not electrified, diesel- powered HST trains are used here. The historically significant Firth-of-Forth and Firth-of-Tay bridges are used.
- to Inverness : A pair of trains runs daily between King's Cross and Inverness, which is called the Highland Chieftain . The eight-hour journey is also made by diesel-powered HST trains, as the Edinburgh-Dunblane railway and the Highland Main Line are not electrified.
- to Hull : A pair of trains runs daily between King's Cross and Hull, which is called the Hull Executive . Since the York − Hull railway line is not electrified, HST trains are also used here.
- to Skipton : In the morning, a train leaves Skipton via Keighley and Bradford to King's Cross, which leaves London for the return journey early in the evening. The connection represents the extension of the trains from London to Leeds and Bradford. Although the line is fully electrified, it is still unsuitable for series 91 trains, which is why HST trains are also used here.
- to Harrogate : Monday through Saturday morning there is an HST connection from Harrogate to King's Cross. In the opposite direction, however, the East Coast does not offer any direct connections, which is why you have to switch to Northern Rail trains from Leeds or York .
- to Bradford : A daily pair of trains runs between King's Cross and Forster Square Station in Bradford.
Rolling stock
| Multiple unit | category | image | genus | number | routes used | ||
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| mph | km / h | ||||||
| InterCity 125 | Class 43 |
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Diesel locomotive | 125 | 200 | 30th | London Kings Cross - Aberdeen
London Kings Cross - Inverness London Kings Cross - Edinburgh London Kings Cross - Hull London Kings Cross - Skipton London Kings Cross - Harrogate Leeds - Aberdeen London Kings Cross - Newcastle |
| Mark 3 coach |
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Passenger cars | 125 | 200 | 117 | ||
| InterCity 225 | Class 91 |
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Electric locomotive | 140 | 225 | 31 | London King's Cross - Leeds
London Kings Cross - Edinburgh London Kings Cross - Glasgow Central London Kings Cross - Bradford Forster Square London Kings Cross - Newcastle |
| Mark 4 coach |
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Passenger cars | 140 | 225 | 302 | ||
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Locomotives with multiple traction | 140 | 225 | 31 | |||
| Adelante | Class 180 |
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Diesel railcars | 125 | 200 | 5 | 2010 |
In March 2008, the predecessor company National Express applied for the development of new rail routes or destinations that were to be served by British Class 180 trains.
The parent company Directly Operated Railways expressed its dissatisfaction with the planned use of the 180 trains and instead favors locomotive-hauled trains. Originally, British Class 90 trains were intended to travel at 180 km / h, later it was decided to use 200 km / h faster HST trains on these connections.
Web links
- East Coast Company (English)
- Railways directly operated by the British Department of Transportation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Companies House extract company no 4659708
- ^ Stagecoach and Virgin win East Cost mainline rail franchise BBC News November 27, 2014
- ↑ 3.3bn premium wins East Coast franchise for Stagecoach and Virgin Railway Gazette November 27, 2014
- ↑ Glasgow 'axed' from train route. In: BBC News Online , November 7, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ National Express East Coast - Track Access Rights on the East Coast Main Line (PDF) Office of the Rail Regulator. March 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 25, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ Tony Miles: DOR evaluates alternative to Adelante sets . In: Modern Railways . , London November 2009, p. 74.
