Grand Union Trains has been given permission to launch a new train service between London and Stirling, providing more services between London and central Scotland.
Grand Union Trains will operate four trains a day between London Euston and Stirling from June 2025, calling at Milton Keynes Central, Nuneaton, Crewe, Preston, Carlisle, Lockerbie, Motherwell, Whifflet, Greenfalls and Larbert. Introduce stool.
Larbert, Greenfalls and Whifflett stations will be the first to have direct trains to London.
Grand Union was approved to run on WCML in 2018, but had not launched due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Our decisions will help improve services for passengers and increase competition on the UK rail network
Stephanie Tobyn, Director of Strategy, Policy and Reform
These new services will be operated for the first time by an open access operator on the West Coast Main Line.
Grand Union Trains has been approved to operate services between Carmarthen and London Paddington in 2022, with ORR providing open access on three major UK rail routes, including Lumo on the East Coast Main Line.・This means that you have approved the service.
The approval letter states that Grand Union will likely use off-lease Class 221 Supervoyager and Class 222 Meridian trains.
The new operation will be based in Scotland, where trains will be maintained, and will also have an additional base in Preston or Crewe, serving the southern end of the route, and is expected to create 100 new and permanent jobs. ing.
“Our decisions will help improve services for passengers and increase competition on the UK rail network. Open access operators will be able to offer more trains to new destinations. , giving passengers more choice in the origin and price of their journeys, leading to better outcomes for rail users.”
Stephanie Tobyn, Director of Strategy, Policy and Reform
