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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.
Tour operators obtain discounts, through allotment or commitment contracts, primarily depend on the firm size and the bargaining power exercised; they can vary from 10% to 50% according to the period of the year, the destination, the quantity and quality of services contracted upon. Some big tour operators are able to obtain up to 70% of discount.
23 hotels (20 of them were nationalised in 1948 as British Transport Hotels. Of the other three, [20] Cruden Bay Hotel was requisitioned in 1940, Palace Hotel, Aberdeen caught fire in 1941 and the Yarborough Hotel, New Holland was sold, being advertised for sale in 1947. [21]) A 49% stake in the haulage firm Mutter, Howey & Co. Ltd. [3]
Its reservations dried up, and it was forced to cut back from eight Detroit flights a day to none. On one occasion, Sabre deliberately withheld Continental's discount fares on 49 routes where American competed. [17] A Sabre staffer had been directed to work on a program that would automatically suppress any discount fares loaded into the system.
LNER or L.N.E.R. may refer to: London and North Eastern Railway (1923–1947), a former railway company in the United Kingdom London North Eastern Railway (2018–), a train operating company in the United Kingdom
It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited Express trains and fare calculation for basic fare tickets, commuter passes, and express tickets. [3] It is currently connected to approximately 10,000 terminals at JR ticket offices and travel agencies, as well as to online systems run by the individual JR ...
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The standard LNER corridor coach design was finalised in 1923, using a 60 ft underframe, though some for use on the Great Eastern were on 51 ft underframes. The LNER standard coach was in advance of those of the other three of the Big Four by virtue of the Pullman gangways and buckeye couplers. The wooden teak-panelled body with squared ...