Which, I contend, is just what the market for travel between the English and Scottish capitals needs. Specifically, were a brand new train service, travelling exclusively down the East Coast of the UK. Booked on line via the Northern Rail website and picked up the tickets from the machine at Newcastle station. Theres a new train operator in town A few years ago, there was an offer for an Open Access Operator to run services up the East Coast Mainline, and startin. That approach might strike you as something of a Ryanair technique Europe’s biggest budget airline squeezes eight extra seats into its latest Boeing 737, with no increase in price. The new East Coast Mainline train operator Lumo which is owned by the Aberdeen based FirstGroup starts its train service today running two daily return services between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. Lumo has a generous baggage allowance (a small, medium and large piece per passenger) and a special luggage area, but less space in the carriages: where LNER has luggage racks, the new arrival has instead installed seats. Luggage was stacked up by the door of my carriage. Some fellow travellers appeared to have been moving house. I trust this has now increased to 100 per cent. There are normally 45 trains per day travelling from London to Newcastle and tickets for this journey start from £19.90 when you book in advance. My informal survey of coach B found about half the passengers were wearing masks – though by the end of the journey that had fallen to around one in three. It takes an average of 3h 10m to travel from London to Newcastle by train, over a distance of around 247 miles (397 km). After a few miles, I gave up and relied on the hotspot on my phone. Lumo Journe圜heck provides real time, up-to-date train times and train disruption information keeping you informed about any delays or cancellations on the. That could be why the wifi struggled to deliver anything better than a 1995 internet cafe (a first world problem, I agree). The route started in October and all Lumo trains on. As on every train during the loss-leading first month, almost every seat was occupied. Lumo is owned by the travel business FirstGroup and runs trains on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The staff were equally cheery on Lumo (though I wouldn’t be if my title was “customer experience ambassador”).
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