NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Great North Eastern Railway

Arriva Trains Wales · c2c · Chiltern Railways · CrossCountry · East Midlands Trains · First Capital Connect · First Great Western · First ScotRail · First TransPennine Express · Gatwick Express · GNER · Heathrow Connect · Heathrow Express · Hull Trains · London Midland · London Overground · Merseyrail · Northern Ireland Railways^† · Northern Rail · 'one' · Southeastern · Southern · South West Trains · Virgin Trains Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... A High Speed Train power car in Intercity livery InterCity was the sector of British Rail responsible for long-distance express trains. ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... National Express East Coast is the name under which the new train operating company NXEC Trains Ltd has stated it will operate the InterCity East Coast rail franchise, which includes services in England and Scotland. ... The transport system in Scotland is generally well-developed. ... This article is about the country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... First ScotRail is the brand under which FirstGroup PLC runs its railway franchise to operate all domestic passenger services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the West Midlands, the North West and Scotland, on the West Coast Main Line. ... An Inner Circle train arrives at West Street station. ... A Class 156 train in SPT livery at Glasgow Central station The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. ... The Deerstalker redirects here. ... Transport Scotland was created on January 1, 2006 as the national transport agency of Scotland. ... Due to historical differences the railway network of the United Kingdom is split into two independent systems: one on the island of Great Britain and one in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the railway system of the Republic of Ireland. ... Arriva Trains Wales (Welsh: ) is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches. ... For other uses, see C2C. c2c is a train operating company that provides train services, on a franchise basis, on the London, Tilbury & Southend line from Fenchurch Street in the City of London to East London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area including Basildon, Chafford Hundred... Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England. ... CrossCountry is a new train operating company that will operate the Cross-Country rail franchise from November 2007. ... Norwich will be at the eastern tip of the franchise area. ... First Capital Connect is a train operating company in England that began its passenger operations on the National Rail network at 02:00 BST 1 April 2006. ... First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd,[1] a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. ... First ScotRail is the brand under which FirstGroup PLC runs its railway franchise to operate all domestic passenger services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London. ... First TransPennine Express (FTPE) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... Gatwick Express is the brand name of a National Express Group-operated railway service offering a frequent shuttle service between Victoria station in London and Gatwick Airport in South East England. ... Heathrow Connect is a train service in London, connecting Heathrow Airport with Paddington station. ... Heathrow Express is a train service from Heathrow Airport to Paddington in central London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authorityâ€”a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. The service is not part of the National Rail system, despite part of its journey sharing track with National Rail trains and terminating... ^ Pick up northbound, set down southbound; selected weekday services only Hull Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running up to seven long distance services each day between London Kings Cross and Hull. ... London Midland is the brand name of the train operating company who will operate the new West Midlands railway franchise in England. ... London Transport Portal London Overground[1] is a train operating company owned by Transport for London (TfL). ... Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool. ... 1906 reference Rail Map Northern Ireland Railways (NIR or NI Railways) â€“ formerly, and very briefly, known as Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) â€“ is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. ... Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004. ... One Railway (â€˜oneâ€™) is the brand name of London Eastern Railway Ltd, a British company which operates local, suburban and express services from London Liverpool Street in the City of London to East and North London, Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and East Anglia, otherwise known as the Greater Anglia network. ... This article is about the company that began operations in April 2006. ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, which currently provides services from London Euston to the West Midlands, the North West and Scotland, on the West Coast Main Line. ...

Contents

History

Financial and operational concerns

Service patterns

Principal routes

London–Newcastle–Edinburgh

London–Leeds

London-Edinburgh-Glasgow

Stations served less frequently

Aberdeen

Inverness

Hull

Bradford

Skipton

Harrogate

Performance

Rolling stock

Current fleet

Past fleet

See also

References

External links