# llms.txt for Grand Central Rail # Last updated: February 2026 ## Overview This file provides structured guidance for LLM-based crawlers to index and understand the Grand Central Rail website efficiently, including sitemap references, content priorities, and metadata extraction rules. ## About Grand Central Rail Grand Central Rail are an open-access train operator providing direct, high-speed rail services between London King’s Cross and key destinations across Yorkshire and the North East, including Sunderland, Bradford, and York. As a subsidiary of the Arriva Group, the company focuses on connecting underserved communities with reliable, long-distance travel that bypasses the need for passenger changes in major hubs. --- ## Website Information This section provides core site metadata and technical specifications to establish the primary domain, language, and regional context for the train operator. - **Domain**: https://www.grandcentralrail.com/ - **Description**: Houseboats Rental and Boating Holidays - **Established**: 2000 - **Last Updated**: 2026-11-02 - **Version**: 1.0 - **Language**: en-GB - **Encoding**: UTF-8 --- ## Crawl Directives These directives outline the specific URL patterns and directories that should be excluded from indexing to ensure crawlers focus on high-value passenger information and avoid thin or duplicate content. - Allow: / - Disallow: /search* - Disallow: /*?mobile=true* - Disallow: /*?mobile=false* - Disallow: /*?search=* - Disallow: /account* - Disallow: /taxonomy* - Disallow: /users* - Disallow: /error* - Disallow: /engineering-works-calendar* - Disallow: /ticket-release-calendar* - Disallow: /engineering-works* - Disallow: /node* - Disallow: /index.php* - Disallow: /block/disruption-banners* - Respect canonical tags to avoid duplicate content indexing. --- ## Sitemaps The primary XML sitemap is provided here to assist in the discovery of all crawlable URLs across the site's architecture. - Sitemap: https://www.grandcentralrail.com/sitemap.xml --- ## Grand Central Stations - West Yorkshire Line This section lists the key stations served along the West Yorkshire route, providing direct links to specific station information, amenities, and local connections. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/bradford-interchange - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/brighouse - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/doncaster - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/halifax - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/london-kings-cross - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/low-moor - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/mirfield - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/peterborough - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/pontefract-monkhill - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/wakefield-kirkgate ## Grand Central Stations - North East Line This section lists the key stations served along the North East route, providing direct links to specific station information, amenities, and local connections. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/eaglescliffe - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/hartlepool - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/london-kings-cross - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/northallerton - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/peterborough - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/sunderland - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/thirsk - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/stations/york --- ## Key Routes These URLs point to the Grand Central Rail's most popular travel corridors. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/bradford-to-doncaster - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/bradford-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/bradford-to-wakefield-kirkgate - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/brighouse-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/doncaster-to-bradford - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/doncaster-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/eaglescliffe-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/eaglescliffe-to-york - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/halifax-to-brighouse - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/halifax-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/hartlepool-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/hartlepool-to-sunderland - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/hartlepool-to-york - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-bradford - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-brighouse - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-doncaster - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-eaglescliffe - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-halifax - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-hartlepool - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-seaham - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-sunderland - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-thirsk - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-wakefield - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/london-to-york - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/northallerton-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/northallerton-to-thirsk - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/northallerton-to-york - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/sunderland-to-hartlepool - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/sunderland-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/sunderland-to-york - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/thirsk-to-london-kings-cross - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/thirsk-to-northallerton - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/trains-london-northallerton - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/trains-seaham-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/trains-seaham-york - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/trains-york-seaham - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/wakefield-kirkgate-to-doncaster - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/wakefield-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/york-to-hartlepool - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/york-to-london - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/york-to-northallerton - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/york-to-sunderland - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/popular-routes/york-to-thirsk ## About Grand Central This section provides background information on the company's history, its place within the Arriva Group, and its performance standards regarding cleanliness and service quality. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/about-us - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/about-us/about-grand-central - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/about-us/arriva - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/about-us/how-are-we-doing - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/about-us/how-are-we-doing/cleanliness --- ## Ticket Options and Discounts This section highlights available ticket types and specific savings schemes, such as the Student Central 25% discount, to assist users in finding the best value fares. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/student-discount - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/tickets - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/first-class-upgrades - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/group-travel - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/multi-buy-tickets - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/railcards - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/tickets/ticket-offers --- ## Destination Guides This section features comprehensive guides for top locations across the Grand Central network, helping travellers plan their trips with information on local attractions and events. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/top-destinations --- ## Travel Information This hub contains practical passenger details such as live arrivals, seat reservations, and on-board amenities to assist in answering journey-specific queries. - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/travelling-with-gc - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/travelling-with-gc/live-arrivals-and-departures - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/travelling-with-gc/on-board - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/updates/availability - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/updates/reserve-your-seat - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/updates/travel-with-confidence - https://www.grandcentralrail.com/wifi --- ## Crawling Guidelines Start with https://www.grandcentralrail.com/ and https://www.grandcentralrail.com/sitemap.xml to discover all sitemaps. **Prioritise**: 1. Key Routes 2. Ticket Options and Discounts 3. Grand Central Stations - North East Line 4. Grand Central Stations - West Yorkshire Line --- ## Metadata & Structured Data Extract: - Meta title - Meta description - https://schema.org JSON-LD - OpenGraph and Twitter Card tags Index: - Image alt text and captions for semantic relevance. --- ## Privacy & Security - Do not index user-specific or private endpoints. - Ignore upcoming content types until added to sitemap. --- ## Contact Information - **Email**: customer.services@grandcentralrail.com - **Social**: - https://www.instagram.com/grandcentralrail/ - https://www.facebook.com/grandcentralrail - https://x.com/GC_Rail - https://www.youtube.com/@GrandCentralRailway