East Coast Main Line - Page 5

News

Alliance reveals London-Edinburgh ECML plans

Hourly London-Newcastle-Edinburgh service with a journey time of 3 hours 43 minutes would begin within 36 months if approved.

3 Jun

News

Bank Holiday: 14,000 engineers upgrade network

More than 14,000 rail staff worked over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, with work focused on London and the South East and on the West Coast Main Line.

8 May

News

Hull Trains launches first on board real-time passenger information system

Very first real-time passenger information system has been installed on a passenger train

20 Mar

Gallery

Virgin Trains East Coast unveil new brand

The launch of Virgin Trains East Coast, a day after the new franchise began operation.

5 Mar

News

Virgin Trains East Coast launches

New-look East Coast train unveiled at King’s Cross on second day of new franchise.

2 Mar

News

Approval for Doncaster ‘iPort’

Local authority approves plans for 35-acre rail freight terminal

2 Mar

News

First Virgin East Coast trains

Virgin East Coast announces its first trains this weekend

26 Feb

News

First IEP train leaves Japan for UK

The first completed Class 800 IEP train has left Japan by boat and is on the way to the UK.

26 Jan

Feature

From poisoned chalice to Holy Grail?

RAIL magazine examines the troubled history of rail operations on the East Coast Main Line since privatisation in the mid-1990s

Regulation 7 Jan

News

IEP becomes key to Great Western ‘sparks effect’

The government’s much-criticised Intercity Express Programme (IEP) of new long-distance trains is emerging as the key to electrifying lines.

28 Jan