Hull Trains Will Run Extra Services in 2017 City of Culture Year

Hull Trains Will Run Extra Services in 2017 City of Culture Year
Hull Trains Will Run Extra Services in 2017 City of Culture Year

Hull Trains has announced additional weekend services will launch to coincide with Hull celebrating its UK City of Culture year 2017.

Following the recent approval of its industry application, Hull Trains has now been granted permission to take customers to the capital to arrive into London before 09:00am.

From 17th December, customers can board the 06:20 train at Paragon Station. There will also be an additional service from Kings Cross to Hull, which departs London at 07:13am.

Louise Mendham, Performance and Planning Manager at Hull Trains said:

“We know that our customers want an additional earlier service to make the most of day-trips to the capital. We also want to bring as many people into Hull as possible to enjoy the exciting events that are planned during our city of culture year.”

Hull Trains, alongside its sister company TransPennine Express is the official ‘Rail Provider’ for Hull2017.

The company has also announced that from December 2016, some journey times from London to Hull will reduce. Thanks to behind the scenes work on small timetable amends, Hull Trains can now take customers from London in under 2.5 hours.

Louise added:

“We have been working on these service improvements for some time and are delighted to be able to launch them before the Christmas period. They’re all part of our commitment to our customers to give them the best possible journey experience.”

Hull Trains was officially crowned the UK’s Rail Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards 2016 as well as winning a coveted ‘Customer Focus’ award in the Mail Awards this year.

It has also topped the independent National Rail Passenger Survey for the past three consecutive years for passenger service.



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