The new timetable for the East Coast Main Line will see extra services between Newcastle-upon-Tyne and London King’s Cross
as well as faster journey times between Edinburgh and London, cutting travel time between the two to close to four hours.
LNER developed the new timetable in collaboration with Network Rail, train operators and the Department for Transport. They said it will provide an extra 16,000 seats per day on LNER services – around six million seats per year.
In particular, the transformational timetable will see LNER services increase from two trains to three trains per hour between Newcastle and London King’s Cross.
From December 2025, there will be 37 additional LNER services each weekday and more at the weekend too.
LNER said that the new timetable could see rail’s share of the travel market between both Edinburgh and London rise to 60 per cent.
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