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Train operator Grand Central has announced further details of a number of station investment schemes, demonstrating its continued commitment to the communities it serves.
A raft of schemes are now underway at stations along Grand Central’s North East and West Riding routes – part of…
Train operator Grand Central has received approval to operate an additional daily return service from the North East to the capital, bringing its Monday – Saturday services to six in each direction and five on Sundays.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has granted access rights for…
Grand Central has today (24 June) confirmed that its plans to run trains between Blackpool and London from Spring 2020 are firmly on track.
These InterCity services were approved in June 2018 by the Rail Regulator, the Office of Rail and Road. Originally planned as Great North Western…
Grand Central has been named headline sponsor of Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre – York’s award-winning pop-up Shakespearean theatre - for the second year running.
Following its highly successful inaugural season in 2018 which attracted more than 80,000 visitors to York, Shakespeare’s Rose…
If you’re travelling northbound on Grand Central on World Book Day, be sure to pick up a copy of The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit or Topsy and Tim: Go On A Train by Jean Adamson. The rail company is giving away free copies of the beloved rail-themed books as part of the celebration, which…
Transport Trust and the Friends of Hartlepool Station unveiled two Transport Trust Red Wheels at Hartlepool Station yesterday (Wednesday 6 February) in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of County Durham, Mrs Sue Snowden.
The Red Wheel Scheme was created by the Transport Trust…
Grand Central has once again come out on top for passenger satisfaction and value for money in a national survey of rail users.
Today (29 January) the National Rail Passenger Survey (NRPS) results for Autumn 2018 were released by Transport Focus. Grand Central was ranked number one for…
Grand Central staff are grabbing their sleeping bags and hot water bottles and heading out into the cold, cold night in aid of charity Centrepoint later this month.
Colleagues from Grand Central will be taking part in the charity’s sleepouts in Sunderland (15 November) and Bradford (22…
Grand Central and Huddersfield Town Foundation managed to scare the daylights out of some local schoolchildren on its annual Spooky Train journey last week.
Thirty children from Healey Junior and Infant School in Batley wrote ghost stories to frighten their friends on the ride,…