Sir_Clagalot
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"Passenger services begin Tuesday 18th December
Grand Centrals long-awaited passenger services from Sunderland to London Kings Cross will begin on Tuesday (18 December).
The first direct passenger train from Wearside to London for almost 20 years will leave Sunderland at 06.46 hrs on Monday, reaching Kings Cross at 10.32 hrs. It will return at 16.50 hrs from the capital, and is scheduled to reach Sunderland at 20.35 hrs."
"Tom Clift, Managing Director of Grand Central Railway Company, comments:
Our team has worked extremely hard to reach the point where we are at last able to offer our first scheduled passenger services. I would like to thank them for their hard work and commitment and also to thank all our potential passengers for their forbearance, and for the many messages of support we have received in recent weeks.
After the regrettable delays caused by late delivery of our rolling stock fleet, following its refurbishment, I am confident that we will now be able to provide the service which people in Wearside, Teesside and North Yorkshire have been patiently awaiting."
Taken from the Press Release that will appear on the GC website later. I have permission from Tom to post it on here.
[NOTE: There will also be a service that leaves KGX at 1127, arriving into York at 1319. From York it will depart back to KGX at 1410, arriving at 1605, in time to form the 1650 KGX-SUN]
Grand Centrals long-awaited passenger services from Sunderland to London Kings Cross will begin on Tuesday (18 December).
The first direct passenger train from Wearside to London for almost 20 years will leave Sunderland at 06.46 hrs on Monday, reaching Kings Cross at 10.32 hrs. It will return at 16.50 hrs from the capital, and is scheduled to reach Sunderland at 20.35 hrs."
"Tom Clift, Managing Director of Grand Central Railway Company, comments:
Our team has worked extremely hard to reach the point where we are at last able to offer our first scheduled passenger services. I would like to thank them for their hard work and commitment and also to thank all our potential passengers for their forbearance, and for the many messages of support we have received in recent weeks.
After the regrettable delays caused by late delivery of our rolling stock fleet, following its refurbishment, I am confident that we will now be able to provide the service which people in Wearside, Teesside and North Yorkshire have been patiently awaiting."
Taken from the Press Release that will appear on the GC website later. I have permission from Tom to post it on here.
[NOTE: There will also be a service that leaves KGX at 1127, arriving into York at 1319. From York it will depart back to KGX at 1410, arriving at 1605, in time to form the 1650 KGX-SUN]
