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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Great North Eastern Railway</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gner_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gner_logo.svg/200px-Gner_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gner_logo.svg/300px-Gner_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gner_logo.svg/400px-Gner_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="83" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/300px-43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/450px-43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/600px-43300_at_Kings_Cross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/InterCity_125" title="InterCity 125">InterCity 125</a> HST at <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">London King's Cross</a> in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Franchise(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/InterCity_East_Coast" title="InterCity East Coast">InterCity East Coast</a><br />28 April 1996 – 8 December 2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main region(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">East of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_and_the_Humber" title="Yorkshire and the Humber">Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fleet size</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>11 <a href="/wiki/InterCity_125" title="InterCity 125">InterCity 125</a> HST sets</li> <li>31 <a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a> sets</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations called at</th><td class="infobox-data">53</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations operated</th><td class="infobox-data">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sea_Containers" title="Sea Containers">Sea Containers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">Reporting mark</a></th><td class="infobox-data">GR</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/InterCity_(British_Rail)" title="InterCity (British Rail)">InterCity</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Express_East_Coast" title="National Express East Coast">National Express East Coast</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Other</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010119175900/http://gner.co.uk/">gner.co.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Great North Eastern Railway</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often referred to as <b>GNER</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/Train_operating_company" title="Train operating company">train operating company</a> in the United Kingdom, owned by <a href="/wiki/Sea_Containers" title="Sea Containers">Sea Containers</a>, that operated the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_East_Coast" title="InterCity East Coast">InterCity East Coast</a> franchise on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a> between London, Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland from April 1996 until December 2007. </p><p>During March 1996, Sea Containers was awarded the franchise to operate the East Coast services; it begin operations on 28 April 1996. Initially receiving a favourable reception, the company brought in several service alterations and innovations, including the leasing of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_373" title="British Rail Class 373">Class 373 <i>Regional Eurostars</i></a> along with the refurbishment of the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a> fleet. However, GNER's reputation and passenger numbers were both hit by a pair of derailments during the early 2000s, the <a href="/wiki/Hatfield_rail_crash" title="Hatfield rail crash">Hatfield rail crash</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Heck_rail_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Heck rail crash">Great Heck rail crash</a>. Plans to procure a fleet of <a href="/wiki/Tilting_train" title="Tilting train">tilting trains</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Pendolino" title="Pendolino">Pendolino</a> were mooted by the company, but were discarded amid a protracted and complex refranchising process. </p><p>During March 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rail_Authority" title="Strategic Rail Authority">Strategic Rail Authority</a> awarded the East Coast franchise to GNER for a second time; however, the terms for this second franchise period were financially demanding, seeing the withdrawal of <a href="/wiki/Subsidies" class="mw-redirect" title="Subsidies">subsidies</a> and enactment of charges to the British Government. Concerns over the viability of such payments, as well as the general financial condition of Sea Containers were well-founded, with the latter entering <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> in November 2006. Following its inability to fulfil agreed payments, GNER was stripped of the franchise during December 2006, although it continued to run services on the route for another year via a management contract. The final northbound GNER train was the 20:30 London King's Cross – Newcastle on 8 December 2007; the company was replaced by the new franchisee <a href="/wiki/National_Express_East_Coast" title="National Express East Coast">National Express East Coast</a> one day later. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background_and_early_years">Background and early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background and early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The creation of the Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) is closely associated with the <a href="/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail" title="Privatisation of British Rail">privatisation of British Rail</a> that was enacted during the mid 1990s; as a result of new government policies, railway operations were to be operated by various private sector companies working under a <a href="/wiki/Franchising" title="Franchising">franchise</a> arrangement. Accordingly, the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_East_Coast" title="InterCity East Coast">InterCity East Coast</a> franchise was one such franchise created to take over operations of the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a> (ECML) from British Rail. According to industry periodical <i>Rail</i>, the East Coast franchise was commonly viewed as one of the better franchises to bid for, as the ECML had been electrified only a few years before hand and was being served by the newest intercity stock in British Rail's inventory, the <a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a>; the line also had a well-established reputation for its high-speed services.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Accordingly, numerous private companies submitted bids to the Office for Passenger Rail Franchising.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One such firm was the <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>-based transport and container leasing company <a href="/wiki/Sea_Containers" title="Sea Containers">Sea Containers</a>, whose bid was announced as the winner during March 1996, leading to a seven-year franchise upon the East Coast being awarded to their newly-created subsidiary GNER.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initials <i>GNER</i> were reminiscent of the historic <a href="/wiki/London_and_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London and North Eastern Railway">London and North Eastern Railway</a> (LNER, no relation to <a href="/wiki/London_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London North Eastern Railway">the current train operating company</a>), the company that operated the route before being nationalised as part of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Railways</a> in 1948. Additionally, the name combined the initials of two of the LNER's <a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_companies_involved_in_the_1923_Grouping" class="mw-redirect" title="List of railway companies involved in the 1923 Grouping">predecessor companies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" title="Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)">Great Northern Railway</a> (GNR), who had built King's Cross station, and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Eastern_Railway" title="Great Eastern Railway">Great Eastern Railway</a> (GER). GNER made further links to the past companies by adopting a dark-blue livery with red trimming lines for its trains, similar to that used by the GER, and using a <a href="/wiki/Victorian-era" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian-era">Victorian</a> <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a>-style crest on their trains.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GNER_shield_cast.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/GNER_shield_cast.JPG/200px-GNER_shield_cast.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/GNER_shield_cast.JPG/300px-GNER_shield_cast.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/GNER_shield_cast.JPG/400px-GNER_shield_cast.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2481" data-file-height="2548" /></a><figcaption>GNER's crest</figcaption></figure> <p>The company's image was professionally designed by <a href="/wiki/Massimo_Vignelli" title="Massimo Vignelli">Vignelli Associates</a>, an Italian design house; it was responsible for the train liveries and interiors, staff uniforms and overall corporate identity. Their website states "The Great North Eastern Railway logo emphasises the NE. The train has a new livery, dark blue with a bright red stripe containing all necessary information. It has a crest, a required tradition, and sober interiors for both first and tourist class."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Operations commenced on 28 April 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From its onset, GNER's management had pledged to bring about substantial changes and improvements upon the ECML.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amongst its franchise promises was that the train mileage operated in the 1995/1996 period would be initially maintained for period of two years, along with a stated ambition to increase it in the long term; furthermore, all existing rolling stock would undergo refurbishment, and that all trains would feature an onboard <a href="/wiki/Buffet" title="Buffet">buffet</a> and trolley service. The stations of the route were also to receive improvement packages; these were typically focused on improving access and security alike, while neighbouring car parks were also expanded wherever reasonable to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During January 1997, Sea Containers Chairman <a href="/wiki/James_Sherwood" title="James Sherwood">James Sherwood</a> announced that GNER intended to procure a pair of two new-build <a href="/wiki/Tilting_train" title="Tilting train">tilting trains</a>; these were claimed to enable the <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>-<a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a> journey to be reduced to only 3 hours and 30 minutes, in part achieved via their increased maximum speed of 140mph (225kmh). While GNER's Chief Executive Christopher Garnett stated that he expected the delivery of these new trains within two years, an order having been reportedly placed during October 1997, no such tilting trains were ever introduced appear.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original fleet would be supplemented by additional rolling stock to bolster capacity; such stock included the one-off <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_89" title="British Rail Class 89">Class 89</a> locomotive and a number of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_373" title="British Rail Class 373">Class 373 <i>Regional Eurostars</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within its first few years of operation, GNER had succeeded at increasing the speed of the fastest scheduled service in Great Britain, the London-York route having a reported average speed of 112mph at its fastest.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Rail magazine, the operator's customer service was frequently praised, while passengers also warmed received its promises of an increased quality of onboard catering. During May 2000, the leased <i>Regional Eurostar</i> fleet was properly introduced to GNER service, facilitating the inclusion of additional London to York services in a new timetable; however, unlike the Intercity 225, the Eurostars were restricted to a maximum speed of 110mph to reduce excessive wear on the overhead wiring.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Into_the_new_century">Into the new century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Into the new century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GNER's operations were greatly affected by a pair of accidents during the early 2000s. On 17 October 2000, the <a href="/wiki/Hatfield_rail_crash" title="Hatfield rail crash">Hatfield crash</a> occurred with the high speed derailment of an Intercity 225 set, which was primarily caused by the failure of a rail that had been poorly maintained.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incident had deeply affected GNER’s business, not only due to a significant drop in confidence amongst its passengers but the rapid enactment of many emergency speed restrictions imposed by the national infrastructure company <a href="/wiki/Railtrack" title="Railtrack">Railtrack</a>. The incident was compounded, just as business seemed to recovering, when another serious accident involving GNER occurred on 28 February 2001. The <a href="/wiki/Selby_rail_crash" title="Selby rail crash">Selby rail crash</a> involved a Newcastle–London service that had derailed after striking a <a href="/wiki/Land_Rover" title="Land Rover">Land Rover</a> that had driven off the <a href="/wiki/M62_motorway" title="M62 motorway">M62 motorway</a>; the GNER train was shortly after hit by a <a href="/wiki/Freightliner_Group" title="Freightliner Group">Freightliner</a> train, compounding the incident and death toll alike.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although GNER was blameless in both incidents, the travelling public were shaken; by March 2001, the revenue of long-distance operators had declined by an average of 21 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By this point, the future franchising arrangements of the East Coast route were already being examined.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During March 2000, the Shadow <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rail_Authority" title="Strategic Rail Authority">Strategic Rail Authority</a> announced that two companies, Sea Containers and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a>, had been shortlisted to bid for the next franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> GNER's submission had included its plan to purchase a fleet of 25 tilting trains, similar to the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_390" title="British Rail Class 390">British Rail Class 390</a> <a href="/wiki/Pendolino" title="Pendolino">Pendolinos</a> then being introduced on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a>; this were envisioned to feature multiple types of propulsion, being divided between electric and diesel-powered examples so that they could serve all of the franchise's destinations.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In part due to the complexity of the evaluation process and issues with the tender itself, the selection process ground to a halt.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, in January 2002, the Strategic Rail Authority announced that the refranchising process had been scrapped and that a two-year extension had been awarded to Sea Containers, extending GNER's franchise period to April 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During October 2004, the Strategic Rail Authority issued the Invitation to Tender for the InterCity East Coast franchise to the four shortlisted bidders, <a href="/wiki/Danske_Statsbaner" class="mw-redirect" title="Danske Statsbaner">Danish State Railways</a>/<a href="/wiki/DB_Cargo_UK" title="DB Cargo UK">English Welsh & Scottish</a>, <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">First</a>, GNER and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bidding process was described as being highly competitive, several of the bidders were reportedly determined to dislodge the incumbent GNER.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2005, the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the franchise to GNER for seven years, with a three-year extension based on targets being met, starting on 1 May 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-SRA20050322_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRA20050322-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The terms of the new franchise had considerable differences from that of the original period; instead of GNER receiving <a href="/wiki/Subsidies" class="mw-redirect" title="Subsidies">subsidies</a> for its operations, it would be instead paying the British state for the privilege of doing so; there was reportedly concerns over the financial viability of such an arrangement from the onset.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to meet these payments, GNER assumed passenger numbers would increase by around 30 per cent across the life of the franchise, reaching around 20 million by 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rising_competition_and_financial_issues">Rising competition and financial issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rising competition and financial issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2006, it was revealed that GNER's parent company <a href="/wiki/Sea_Containers" title="Sea Containers">Sea Containers</a> was in financial difficulties, and was rumoured to be bordering on <a href="/wiki/Insolvent" class="mw-redirect" title="Insolvent">insolvency</a>. Questions were raised as to whether GNER could continue operating should its parent company cease trading. The company rejected this assertion, stating that its lines of credit and financial activities were "ring-fenced" away from Sea Containers, and therefore a cessation of services for this reason was impossible. It did not however stop speculation from rival <a href="/wiki/Train_operating_company" title="Train operating company">TOCs</a> (principally <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">First</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a> that they would be keen to rebid for the ECML franchise if it were put back out to tender. In July 2006, rumours began circulating that Sea Containers would be prepared to sell GNER in an effort to stave off resorting to <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code">Chapter 11</a> proceedings to secure itself from its creditors.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During July 2006, the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a> rejected GNER's <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Rail_Regulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Rail Regulation">Office of Rail Regulation</a>'s decision to allow rival train operating company <a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_(train_operating_company)" title="Grand Central (train operating company)">Grand Central</a> to operate trains along part of the ECML,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – and in particular its right to call at <a href="/wiki/York_railway_station" title="York railway station">York</a>, one of the principal (and lucrative) stops on the ECML. GNER had made its application partly on the basis that 'open-access' train operators are not required to meet the same fixed costs for accessing <a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a>'s infrastructure as <a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_operating_trains_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom">train operating companies</a> running services under a contract or 'franchise' with the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a>. GNER's case failed principally because the High Court determined that not only did European law permit the <a href="/wiki/Rail_Regulator" title="Rail Regulator">Rail Regulator</a> to establish a charging regime for open-access operators which was different from the one which applies to franchised operators (such as GNER), in this case not imposing a fixed charge on open-access operators, but that if he had not done so, he would have been acting illegally because of the very different conditions under which open-access operators and franchised operators get access to the network. The High Court (<a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Sullivan" title="Jeremy Sullivan">Mr Justice Sullivan</a>) refused GNER permission to appeal.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>That same month, GNER announced that its chief executive officer, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Garnett" title="Christopher Garnett">Christopher Garnett</a>, was to step down, having occupied that position since Sea Containers had originally been awarded their first franchise. Amid growing industry speculation that Sea Containers was working towards a "financial restructuring", the company's President and Chief Executive Bob Mackenzie was named as Garnett's successor.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The firm's problems were further fuelled by GNER's poor profitability, which had been linked to the company's overbidding for the franchise coupled to what proved to be crippling premium repayments to the government. The company blamed the effects of the <a href="/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings" title="7 July 2005 London bombings">7/7 terrorist attacks</a>, increased electricity prices, and increased competition from <a href="/wiki/Low_cost_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Low cost carrier">low-cost airlines</a> for the decline in passenger numbers. It also faced a growing challenge from the revitalised <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast</a> services operated by <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains" title="Virgin Trains">Virgin Trains</a>. The company attempted to address the problem by waiving booking fees on internet sales, cutting staff numbers, and raising fares and car-parking charges where the market could bear it. In a press interview in September 2006, GNER's ex-chief Christopher Garnett hinted at a bleak future for GNER and the franchising system, claiming that the trend among TOCs to overbid for the renewal of franchises would result in a financially unsustainable railway.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2006, Sea Containers filed for <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> protection under the US <a href="/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code">Chapter 11 process</a>, therefore allowing the company to continue trading while it sorted out its finances.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, this meant that the company was unable to fulfil its guarantees in respect to its GNER subsidiary, greatly increasing the risk exposure of the latter's operations.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demise_and_transfer">Demise and transfer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demise and transfer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During December 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a> announced its intention to strip Sea Containers of its franchise; this was reportedly due to the company's financial issues and having been overbid.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this announcement, GNER continued to operate the franchise under a management contract, which was extendable for up to two years, while the Department for Transport undertook the selection of a new franchisee.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2007, the Department for Transport announced that <a href="/wiki/Arriva" title="Arriva">Arriva</a>, <a href="/wiki/FirstGroup" title="FirstGroup">FirstGroup</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="National Express">National Express</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group" title="Virgin Rail Group">Virgin Rail Group</a> had been shortlisted to lodge bids for the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2007, it was announced that GNER had a 10% stake in the bid lodged by Stagecoach & Virgin.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2007, the Department for Transport awarded the franchise to <a href="/wiki/National_Express" class="mw-redirect" title="National Express">National Express</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and GNER's services transferred to <a href="/wiki/National_Express_East_Coast" title="National Express East Coast">National Express East Coast</a> on 9 December 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Services">Services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=6" 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title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dunblane_railway_station" title="Dunblane railway station">Dunblane</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exBHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Stirling_railway_station_(Scotland)" title="Stirling railway station (Scotland)">Stirling</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> 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class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKBHFa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_exKBHFa.svg/20px-BSicon_exKBHFa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" 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class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stonehaven_railway_station" title="Stonehaven railway station">Stonehaven</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Montrose_railway_station" title="Montrose railway station">Montrose</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arbroath_railway_station" title="Arbroath railway station">Arbroath</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exBHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Dundee_railway_station" title="Dundee railway station">Dundee</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Leuchars_railway_station" title="Leuchars railway station">Leuchars</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_railway_station" title="Kirkcaldy railway station">Kirkcaldy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Inverkeithing_railway_station" title="Inverkeithing railway station">Inverkeithing</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BSicon_KBHFa.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BSicon_KBHFa.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/BSicon_KBHFa.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_exSTRr.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_exSTRr.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_exSTRr.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Motherwell_railway_station" title="Motherwell railway station">Motherwell</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STRl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/20px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/30px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/40px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BSicon_xABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_xABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BSicon_xABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_xABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BSicon_xABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_xABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left">  </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Haymarket_railway_station" title="Haymarket railway station">Haymarket</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh Waverley</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dunbar_railway_station" title="Dunbar railway station">Dunbar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed_railway_station" title="Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alnmouth_railway_station" title="Alnmouth railway station">Alnmouth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Morpeth_railway_station" title="Morpeth railway station">Morpeth</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_railway_station" title="Newcastle railway station">Newcastle</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Durham_railway_station" title="Durham railway station">Durham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_railway_station" title="Darlington railway station">Darlington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northallerton_railway_station" title="Northallerton railway station">Northallerton</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/York_railway_station" title="York railway station">York</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKHSTa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/20px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/30px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/40px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harrogate_railway_station" title="Harrogate railway station">Harrogate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Horsforth_railway_station" title="Horsforth railway station">Horsforth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKHSTa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/20px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/30px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/BSicon_exKHSTa.svg/40px-BSicon_exKHSTa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Skipton_railway_station" title="Skipton railway station">Skipton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Keighley_railway_station" title="Keighley railway station">Keighley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZl+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_exABZl%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZl%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_exABZl%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZl%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/BSicon_exABZl%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZl%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_exABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_exABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/BSicon_exABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shipley_railway_station" title="Shipley railway station">Shipley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKHSTe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BSicon_exKHSTe.svg/20px-BSicon_exKHSTe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BSicon_exKHSTe.svg/30px-BSicon_exKHSTe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BSicon_exKHSTe.svg/40px-BSicon_exKHSTe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Forster_Square_railway_station" title="Bradford Forster Square railway station">Bradford Forster Square</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFxa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Leeds_railway_station" title="Leeds railway station">Leeds</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Westgate_railway_station" title="Wakefield Westgate railway station">Wakefield Westgate</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKBHFa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_exKBHFa.svg/20px-BSicon_exKBHFa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_exKBHFa.svg/30px-BSicon_exKBHFa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_exKBHFa.svg/40px-BSicon_exKBHFa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Hull_Paragon_Interchange" title="Hull Paragon Interchange">Hull</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Brough_railway_station" title="Brough railway station">Brough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Selby_railway_station" title="Selby railway station">Selby</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_exSTRr.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_exSTRr.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/BSicon_exSTRr.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STRl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/20px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/30px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/BSicon_STRl.svg/40px-BSicon_STRl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/BSicon_ABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_ABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/BSicon_ABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_ABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/BSicon_ABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_ABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_railway_station" title="Doncaster railway station">Doncaster</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Retford_railway_station" title="Retford railway station">Retford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Newark_North_Gate_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Newark North Gate railway station">Newark North Gate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Grantham_railway_station" title="Grantham railway station">Grantham</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="line-height:1"> <td colspan="7" style="padding:0 !important;background:transparent"> <table class="RMcollapse mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <td class="RMl4"> </td> <td class="RMl"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="line-height:1;width:100%;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_railway_station" title="Peterborough railway station">Peterborough</a></b> </td> <td style="padding:0 1px 0 3px;text-align:right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="padding-left:3px;font-size:90%;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stevenage_railway_station" title="Stevenage railway station">Stevenage</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_KBHFe.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_KBHFe.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/BSicon_KBHFe.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">London King's Cross</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td style="width:15em;min-width:15em;"> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;min-width:45px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>GNER's principal routes were from <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">London King's Cross</a> to <a href="/wiki/Leeds_railway_station" title="Leeds railway station">Leeds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh Waverley</a>. </p><p>From Edinburgh Waverley, selected services continued on to <a href="/wiki/Motherwell,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Motherwell, Scotland">Motherwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inverness_railway_station" title="Inverness railway station">Inverness</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_railway_station" title="Aberdeen railway station">Aberdeen</a>. From Leeds, some trains ran to and from <a href="/wiki/Bradford_Forster_Square_railway_station" title="Bradford Forster Square railway station">Bradford Forster Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skipton_railway_station" title="Skipton railway station">Skipton</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harrogate_railway_station" title="Harrogate railway station">Harrogate</a>. </p><p>One service per day also ran to and from <a href="/wiki/Hull_Paragon_Interchange" title="Hull Paragon Interchange">Hull</a> via <a href="/wiki/Selby_railway_station" title="Selby railway station">Selby</a>. Other towns and cities served by GNER trains included <a href="/wiki/Stevenage_railway_station" title="Stevenage railway station">Stevenage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_railway_station" title="Peterborough railway station">Peterborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grantham_railway_station" title="Grantham railway station">Grantham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newark_Northgate_railway_station" title="Newark Northgate railway station">Newark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Retford_railway_station" title="Retford railway station">Retford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_railway_station" title="Doncaster railway station">Doncaster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakefield_Westgate_railway_station" title="Wakefield Westgate railway station">Wakefield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shipley_railway_station" title="Shipley railway station">Shipley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keighley_railway_station" title="Keighley railway station">Keighley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horsforth_railway_station" title="Horsforth railway station">Horsforth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brough_railway_station" title="Brough railway station">Brough</a>, <a href="/wiki/York_railway_station" title="York railway station">York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northallerton_railway_station" title="Northallerton railway station">Northallerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darlington_railway_station" title="Darlington railway station">Darlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durham_railway_station" title="Durham railway station">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_railway_station" title="Newcastle railway station">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morpeth_railway_station" title="Morpeth railway station">Morpeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alnmouth_for_Alnwick_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Alnmouth for Alnwick railway station">Alnmouth</a> (for <a href="/wiki/Alnwick" title="Alnwick">Alnwick</a>), <a href="/wiki/Berwick-upon-Tweed_railway_station" title="Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunbar_railway_station" title="Dunbar railway station">Dunbar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motherwell_railway_station" title="Motherwell railway station">Motherwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inverkeithing_railway_station" title="Inverkeithing railway station">Inverkeithing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kirkcaldy_railway_station" title="Kirkcaldy railway station">Kirkcaldy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leuchars_railway_station" title="Leuchars railway station">Leuchars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arbroath_railway_station" title="Arbroath railway station">Arbroath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montrose_railway_station" title="Montrose railway station">Montrose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stonehaven_railway_station" title="Stonehaven railway station">Stonehaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_Grahamston_railway_station" title="Falkirk Grahamston railway station">Falkirk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stirling_railway_station_(Scotland)" title="Stirling railway station (Scotland)">Stirling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perth_railway_station,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth railway station, Scotland">Perth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pitlochry_railway_station" title="Pitlochry railway station">Pitlochry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingussie_railway_station" title="Kingussie railway station">Kingussie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aviemore_railway_station" title="Aviemore railway station">Aviemore</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal_routes">Principal routes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Principal routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Leeds">London-Leeds</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: London-Leeds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg/220px-Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg/330px-Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg/440px-Overview_of_Leeds_City_railway_station_13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a> set at <a href="/wiki/Leeds_railway_station" title="Leeds railway station">Leeds</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The service between King's Cross and Leeds was generally hourly, with trains serving most main intermediate stations. With the completion of the Allington Chord, near Grantham, having increased track capacity, GNER began to operate a full half-hourly service throughout the day on this route in May 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Newcastle-Edinburgh">London-Newcastle-Edinburgh</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: London-Newcastle-Edinburgh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A half-hourly service between King's Cross and Newcastle operated for most of the day, departing from London on the hour and the half-hour. The 'top of the hour' departures continued through to Edinburgh (with the 10:00 keeping the traditional name <i><a href="/wiki/Flying_Scotsman_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying Scotsman (train)">Flying Scotsman</a></i>); some of these ran on to either Glasgow Central, Aberdeen or Inverness. These trains generally ran as limited-stop expresses between London and Newcastle: all trains called at York, and most at Peterborough and Darlington, though afternoon and evening departures from King's Cross ran non-stop to Doncaster or York. The trains leaving King's Cross on the half-hour generally terminated at Newcastle and served other intermediate stations such as Grantham, Newark, Retford, Doncaster and Durham as well as Peterborough, York, and Darlington. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Glasgow">London-Glasgow</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: London-Glasgow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GNER operated ten trains per day between King's Cross and Glasgow. With the upgrade of the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> (WCML) between <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a> and Glasgow to 125 mph completed, GNER could no longer compete with <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains" title="Virgin Trains">Virgin Trains</a> on this route in terms of journey times (5hrs 30mins compared to the new 4hrs 25min time on the WCML), but they did provide a link from Glasgow to Newcastle and York and a secondary route for use when the WCML was closed for engineering work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_routes">Minor routes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Minor routes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London/Leeds-Aberdeen"><span id="London.2FLeeds-Aberdeen"></span>London/Leeds-Aberdeen</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: London/Leeds-Aberdeen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:43116_at_waverley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/43116_at_waverley.jpg/220px-43116_at_waverley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/43116_at_waverley.jpg/330px-43116_at_waverley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/43116_at_waverley.jpg/440px-43116_at_waverley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_43_(HST)" title="British Rail Class 43 (HST)">Class 43</a> 43116 at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Waverley_railway_station" title="Edinburgh Waverley railway station">Edinburgh Waverley</a>, with a service from Aberdeen to Leeds. These trains were used on routes where the line was not fully electrified, and on the route from London King's Cross to Skipton.</figcaption></figure> <p>There were three trains per day each way between King's Cross and Aberdeen, the journey time being just over seven hours. There was also one service per day arriving at Aberdeen from Leeds. These services were operated using a diesel InterCity 125 because the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_to_Aberdeen_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Edinburgh to Aberdeen line">Edinburgh to Aberdeen line</a> and the section of the <a href="/wiki/Cross_Country_Route" title="Cross Country Route">Cross Country Route</a> between Leeds and York are not electrified. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Inverness">London-Inverness</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: London-Inverness"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A daily service operated between King's Cross and Inverness, named the <i>Highland Chieftain</i>, a journey taking just over 8 hours. The service was operated using a diesel InterCity 125, as the line north of Edinburgh is not electrified. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Hull">London-Hull</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: London-Hull"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GNER ran the <i><a href="/wiki/Hull_Executive" title="Hull Executive">Hull Executive</a></i> from Hull Paragon to London King's Cross, with one morning journey down to London and one evening journey up to Hull. The service was operated by a diesel InterCity 125, as the line to Hull is not electrified. More regular services between London King's Cross and Hull Paragon were operated by <a href="/wiki/Hull_Trains" title="Hull Trains">Hull Trains</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Bradford">London-Bradford</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: London-Bradford"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg/220px-Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg/330px-Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg/440px-Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Until December 2005, GNER's <i>White Rose</i> service was operated by <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_373" title="British Rail Class 373">Class 373 <i>Regional Eurostar</i></a> sets, one of which is seen here at <a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">London King's Cross</a></figcaption></figure> <p>There were two trains per day between London and Bradford Forster Square. These were extensions of the King's Cross–Leeds services and were operated using an electric InterCity 225. Some of these services were also operated using a Class 89 electric locomotive, Mark 4 coaches and a DVT until 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Skipton">London-Skipton</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: London-Skipton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was a morning train from Skipton and Keighley to King's Cross with an early evening return. As with the Bradford trains, this was an extension to the Leeds–London service. Though the line to Skipton is electrified throughout, the GNER service to/from the town operated using a diesel InterCity 125 because the electrical infrastructure on the Leeds-to-Skipton line at the time was unable to provide sufficient power to support an InterCity 225 alongside the existing electric local services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="London-Harrogate">London-Harrogate</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: London-Harrogate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was a Monday-Saturday morning departure from Harrogate to King's Cross. However, there was no return journey so passengers were required to change at Leeds or York on to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Rail" title="Northern Rail">Northern Rail</a> services to Harrogate. This service was operated using a diesel InterCity 125 as the line to Harrogate is not electrified. </p><p>The Saturday running of this service was the week's only GNER southbound service from Leeds not to call at Wakefield Westgate. This service departed from Leeds and took the Selby line to join the East Coast Main Line at <a href="/wiki/Hambleton,_Selby" title="Hambleton, Selby">Hambleton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rolling_stock">Rolling stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Eastern_Railway&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg/220px-GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg/330px-GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg/440px-GNER_coaches_at_Newcastle_Central_station_2005-10-08.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>GNER <a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a> (on the left) and <a href="/wiki/InterCity_125" title="InterCity 125">InterCity 125</a> HST meeting at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_railway_station" title="Newcastle railway station">Newcastle</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg/200px-EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg/300px-EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg/400px-EWS_class_67_on_a_failed_GNER_service_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1606156.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/DB_Cargo_UK" title="DB Cargo UK">EWS</a> <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_67" title="British Rail Class 67">67020</a> hauling a failed GNER InterCity 225 at <a href="/wiki/Grantham_railway_station" title="Grantham railway station">Grantham</a> in 2007.</figcaption></figure> <p>At the beginning of operations in April 1996, GNER inherited a fleet of <a href="/wiki/InterCity_125" title="InterCity 125">InterCity 125</a> High Speed Train sets made up of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_43_(HST)" title="British Rail Class 43 (HST)">Class 43</a> power cars and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3" title="British Rail Mark 3">Mark 3 carriages</a>, and <a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a> sets made up of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_91" title="British Rail Class 91">Class 91</a> locomotives and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_4" title="British Rail Mark 4">Mark 4 carriages</a> and <a href="/wiki/Driving_Van_Trailer#Mark_4_DVT" title="Driving Van Trailer">Driving Van Trailers</a>. It continued to operate both types throughout its time operating the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One early, and particularly low cost, means of expanding GNER's fleet was the purchase of the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_89" title="British Rail Class 89">Class 89</a> prototype electric locomotive 89001. After being repaired at a reported cost of £100,000 and repainted in GNER livery, it went into revenue-earning service in March 1997, being primarily used on services from London King's Cross to Leeds and Bradford Forster Square.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 89001 had to be withdrawn from service in October 2000 due to technical problems, but its brief service life had helped alleviate GNER's shortage of traction due to reliability issues.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2000, it was clear that GNER's Class 91 fleet was in need of refurbishment to address reliability issues, thus the company made arrangements to lease alternative traction as a stop-gap measure.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between May 2000 and December 2005, GNER leased a number of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_373" title="British Rail Class 373">Class 373 <i>Regional Eurostars</i></a> from <a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In GNER service, the fleet was operated for services between London and York, and later Leeds, but had to be restricted to a maximum speed of 110 mph (180 km/h) between Grantham and Doncaster because of problems with the overhead wire and pantograph interface.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, as a consequence of gauging restrictions, the Eurostars were not permitted to operate north of York to Newcastle, Glasgow or Edinburgh. During November 2005, it was announced that, following their refurbishment, the InterCity 225 fleet would displace the Eurostars.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The InterCity 225s were refurbished by <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Transportation" title="Bombardier Transportation">Bombardier Transportation</a> between 2003–2005, the programme was named <i>Project Mallard</i> in honour of the <a href="/wiki/LNER_Class_A4_4468_Mallard" title="LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard">LNER steam locomotive</a>. They boasted re-designed interiors and new features such as <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> and electric sockets at every seat pair.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (May 2023)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>GNER bought twelve <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3#Sleeping_carriages" title="British Rail Mark 3">Mark 3 sleeping carriages</a> with the intention of converting them to passenger carriages to lengthen HSTs. However, this programme was cancelled when GNER was able to lease other Mark 3s that were released by <a href="/wiki/Virgin_CrossCountry" title="Virgin CrossCountry">Virgin CrossCountry</a> after this operator withdrew its HSTs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> One commitment for the new franchise awarded in 2005 was to upgrade all of its HSTs to the same standards as the InterCity 225s.<sup id="cite_ref-SRA20050322_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SRA20050322-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Class 43 power cars were overhauled by <a href="/wiki/Brush_Traction" title="Brush Traction">Brush Traction</a> in Loughborough, their <a href="/wiki/Paxman_Valenta" title="Paxman Valenta">Paxman Valenta</a> engines replaced with <a href="/wiki/MTU_Friedrichshafen" title="MTU Friedrichshafen">MTU 16V4000</a> units. To operate increased services to Leeds, GNER leased two former <a href="/wiki/Midland_Mainline" class="mw-redirect" title="Midland Mainline">Midland Mainline</a> HSTs from May 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/DB_Cargo_UK" title="DB Cargo UK">English, Welsh & Scottish Railway</a> provided strategically-placed rescue locomotives, originally <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47" title="British Rail Class 47">Class 47s</a> and later <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_67" title="British Rail Class 67">Class 67s</a>. EWS also provided <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_90" title="British Rail Class 90">Class 90s</a> to cover for Class 91s; one was repainted in GNER livery but not dedicated to the franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The HSTs were allocated to <a href="/wiki/Craigentinny_TMD" class="mw-redirect" title="Craigentinny TMD">Craigentinny Depot</a> in Edinburgh and the InterCity 225s to <a href="/wiki/Bounds_Green_TMD" class="mw-redirect" title="Bounds Green TMD">Bounds Green Depot</a> in London. Lighter maintenance and servicing were carried out at <a href="/wiki/Neville_Hill_TMD" title="Neville Hill TMD">Neville Hill Depot</a> in Leeds and <a href="/wiki/Heaton_TMD" title="Heaton TMD">Heaton Depot</a> in Newcastle. </p><p>During the late 1990s, GNER announced plans to purchase a pair of two tilting trains, based on Italian <a href="/wiki/Pendolino" title="Pendolino">Pendolino</a> technology. This ambition was expanded in the early 2000s when, as part of a refranchising bid, GNER stated that its planned to purchase a fleet of 25 tilting trains, similar to the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_390" title="British Rail Class 390">British Rail Class 390</a> <a href="/wiki/Pendolino" title="Pendolino">Pendolinos</a> then being introduced on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a>; this were envisioned to feature multiple types of propulsion, being divided between electric and diesel-powered examples so that they could serve all of the franchise's destinations. However, the tender and bid alike were abandoned, and no such trains were ever introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-grail_rail2015_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grail_rail2015-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Fleet at end of franchise </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"> Class  </th> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2"> Type  </th> <th colspan="2"> Top speed  </th> <th rowspan="2"> Number  </th> <th rowspan="2"> Routes operated  </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"> Built  </th></tr> <tr> <th> mph  </th> <th> km/h  </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/InterCity_125" title="InterCity 125">InterCity 125</a> trains (HSTs)</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_43_(HST)" title="British Rail Class 43 (HST)">Class 43</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG/100px-InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG/150px-InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG/200px-InterCity_125_GNER_Class_43_at_Newark_North_Gate_on_6th_September_2007.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diesel_locomotive" title="Diesel locomotive">Diesel locomotive</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">125 </td> <td rowspan="2">200 </td> <td>14 </td> <td rowspan="2">London King's Cross to Aberdeen, Inverness, Hull Paragon, Harrogate and Skipton, and Leeds to Aberdeen </td> <td>1976–1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3" title="British Rail Mark 3">Mark 3 carriage</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/100px-British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/150px-British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/200px-British_Rail_Mark_3_at_Kings_Cross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passenger_car_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger car (rail)">Passenger carriage</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>1975–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/InterCity_225" title="InterCity 225">InterCity 225</a> trains</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_91" title="British Rail Class 91">Class 91</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/100px-91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/150px-91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg/200px-91116_at_Kings_Cross.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electric_locomotive" title="Electric locomotive">Electric locomotive</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">140 </td> <td rowspan="3">225 </td> <td>31 </td> <td rowspan="3">London King's Cross to Leeds, Edinburgh Waverley, Bradford Forster Square, Newcastle and Glasgow Central </td> <td>1988–1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_4" title="British Rail Mark 4">Mark 4 carriage</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BR_Mk4_SO.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/BR_Mk4_SO.JPG/100px-BR_Mk4_SO.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/BR_Mk4_SO.JPG/150px-BR_Mk4_SO.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/BR_Mk4_SO.JPG/200px-BR_Mk4_SO.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Passenger_car_(rail)" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger car (rail)">Passenger carriage</a> </td> <td>302 </td> <td>1989–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Driving_Van_Trailer#Mark_4_DVT" title="Driving Van Trailer">Driving Van Trailer</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg/100px-Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg/150px-Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg/200px-Mk4DVT-82201-03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Control_car" title="Control car">Control car</a> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"><b>Hired locomotives</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_90" title="British Rail Class 90">Class 90</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg/100px-Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg/150px-Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg/200px-Liverpool_Street_station_GNER_class_90_loco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="611" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electric_locomotive" title="Electric locomotive">Electric locomotive</a> </td> <td>110 </td> <td>180 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>Thunderbird locomotive </td> <td>1987–1990 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Past fleet </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"> Class  </th> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2"> Type  </th> <th colspan="2"> Top speed  </th> <th rowspan="2"> Number  </th> <th rowspan="2"> Routes operated  </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:60px;"> Built  </th> <th rowspan="2"> Withdrawn  </th></tr> <tr> <th> mph  </th> <th> km/h  </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_89" title="British Rail Class 89">Class 89</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG/100px-89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG/150px-89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG/200px-89001_at_Doncaster_Works.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electric_locomotive" title="Electric locomotive">Electric locomotive</a> </td> <td>125 </td> <td>200 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>London King's Cross to Leeds and Bradford Forster Square </td> <td>1986 </td> <td>2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_373" title="British Rail Class 373">Class 373/2 <i>Regional Eurostar</i></a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg/100px-Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg/150px-Kings_Cross_GNER_White_Rose.jpg 1.5x, 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Ian Allan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780711033184" title="Special:BookSources/9780711033184"><bdi>9780711033184</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/498979868">498979868</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=GNER%3A+The+route+of+the+Flying+Scotsman&rft.pub=Ian+Allan&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F498979868&rft.isbn=9780711033184&rft.aulast=Balmforth&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreat+North+Eastern+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"GNER: Building on success". <i><a href="/wiki/RAIL_(magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="RAIL (magazine)">RAIL</a></i>. No. 305. EMAP Apex Publications. 21 May – 3 June 1997. Supplement. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0953-4563">0953-4563</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/49953699">49953699</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=RAIL&rft.atitle=GNER%3A+Building+on+success&rft.issue=305&rft.pages=Supplement&rft.date=1997-05-21%2F1997-06-03&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F49953699&rft.issn=0953-4563&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreat+North+Eastern+Railway" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="Southeastern (train operating company)">Southeastern</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway" title="South Western Railway">South Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TransPennine_Express" title="TransPennine Express">TransPennine Express</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_for_Wales_Rail" title="Transport for Wales Rail">Transport for Wales</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(train_service)" title="Enterprise (train service)">Enterprise</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sub-brands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Express" title="Gatwick Express">Gatwick Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_route" title="Great Northern route">Great Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Line_(brand)" title="Island Line (brand)">Island Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Northwestern_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London Northwestern Railway">London Northwestern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Riviera" title="Night Riviera">Night Riviera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_(Govia_Thameslink_Railway)" title="Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stansted_Express" title="Stansted Express">Stansted Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thameslink" title="Thameslink">Thameslink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="West Midlands Railway">West Midlands Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Operators not subject to <a href="/wiki/Passenger_rail_franchising_in_Great_Britain" title="Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain">franchising or concession</a>:</b> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Government-owned <a href="/wiki/Operator_of_last_resort" title="Operator of last resort">operator of last resort</a></li> <li><sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Open-access_operator" title="Open-access operator">Open-access operator</a></li> <li><sup>3</sup> Operates on the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Ireland" title="Rail transport in Ireland">Irish railway network</a> and state-owned</li> <li><sup>4</sup> Owned by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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Western Railway</a></li> <li><sup>3</sup> Separate franchise until 2006; later reintroduced as a sub-brand of <a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Govia Thameslink Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Future" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_operating_trains_in_the_United_Kingdom#Future_operators" title="List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom">Future</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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