One of the country's leading and most successful landscape watercolourists, Holmfirth artist Ashley Jackson’s work has become synonymous with Yorkshire. We are honoured to have a close partnership with him, as evidenced by our Yorkshire Artist train, with Ashley’s watercolours in the carriages…
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 Railway (GNWR…
Grand Central has announced it has signed a lease with Blackpool Council and work has now started on the 2,500sq ft site at No. 1 Bickerstaffe Square. The space will be Grand Central’s flagship traincrew hub to service its new North West to London Euston route.The ground floor unit, next to…
Grand Central will be saying a fond farewell to its fleet of three High Speed Trains (HSTs) next month (December 2017). The Class 43 HST fleet, which are 40 years old, will go into retirement at the end of December when Grand Central’s lease ends, paving the way for the introduction of a more…
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 to…