Alliance Blackpool service to be run by Grand Central and start in 2021

[Brissle Girl]

I've been paying £25 for Avanti + Avanti + Avanti advances from Euston to Glasgow with a railcard through trainsplit, journey time 5 hours 45 with recovery/ pint time at Preston. If GC are undercutting that they won't last long.

I don’t think your profile of travel is necessarily what a TOC is looking at when setting its fares to optimise its revenue though.

 

[route101]

I've been paying £25 for Avanti + Avanti + Avanti advances from Euston to Glasgow with a railcard through trainsplit, journey time 5 hours 45 with recovery/ pint time at Preston. If GC are undercutting that they won't last long.

Ive paid that price for one advance London to Glasgow with railcard

 

[liam456]

Ive paid that price for one advance London to Glasgow with railcard

Well of course, £21.80 even! But certainly not all the time, and in my experience much rarer northbound than southbound.

 

[ainsworth74]

Please see this thread for discussion about Grand Central withdrawing their services on the East Coast Mainline later today.

 

[Swimbar]

Please see this thread for discussion about Grand Central withdrawing their services on the East Coast Mainline later today.

Press release also says Blackpool service introduction delayed until early 2021

 

[Sandy2]

Statement from Grand Central

We have also paused, until early 2021, the preparations for our new Blackpool to London Euston services....

Reads as though the driver training will start up again early next year, so they must be aiming to start passenger service with the May 21 timetable change date.

This would however mean that they'd be starting service when the big HS2 possessions at Euston are beginning to kick in...