The first trains operated by Virgin Trains East Coast on March 1 will be the 0845 London King’s Cross to Aberdeen northbound, and the 0755 Newcastle-London King’s Cross southbound.

VTEC has its formal launch at London King’s Cross on March 2, when a reliveried train works the 1100 London King’s Cross-Edinburgh Waverley.

  • For more on this story see RAIL 770, published on March 18.