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London North Eastern Railway [3] (LNER) is a British train operating company which operates most services on the East Coast Main Line. It is owned by DfT Operator for the Department for Transport (DfT). The company's name echoes that of the London and North Eastern Railway, one of the Big Four railway companies which operated between 1923 and 1948.
Dundee and Arbroath Railway (including Carmyllie Light Railway) 23 miles (37 km) Great Central and Midland Joint Railway 40 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (64.8 km) Great Central & North Staffordshire Joint Railway 11 miles (18 km) Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway 45 miles (72 km) Halifax and Ovenden Junction Railway 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles ...
The Northern Lights is a named British passenger train operated by London North Eastern Railway. It runs daily in each direction between London King's Cross and Aberdeen via the East Coast Main Line and Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line. The northbound service departs London King's Cross at 10:00 am, and the southbound service departs Aberdeen at 09:52 am
By May 2023, the company had four active subsidiaries: London North Eastern Railway, Northern Trains, Southeastern and TransPennine Express; and had superseded FirstGroup as the largest operator of passenger services in the United Kingdom, generating 23% of passenger revenue and 26% of passenger miles. [4]
Historically, the principal train service between London and the Scottish Highlands was The Clansman, which ran via the West Coast Main Line.. The Highland Chieftain was introduced with the May 1984 timetable on the East Coast Main Line and was intended to replace The Clansman; the running time then was 8 hours 40 minutes southbound and 8 hours 50 minutes northbound.
The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) was the second largest (after LMS) of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. It operated from 1 January 1923 until nationalisation on 1 January 1948.
Hitachi Rail now undertakes maintenance on London North Eastern Railway Class 800s and 801s, ScotRail Class 385s, TransPennine Express Class 802s and Lumo Class 803s. [3] [4] It also maintains Class 73s for the Caledonian Sleeper. [5] On 11 November 2018, Hitachi Rail took over the operation of Craigentinny Depot from London North Eastern Railway.
The North Eastern Railway (NER) was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854 by the combination of several existing railway companies. Later, it was amalgamated with other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923.