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Franchise(s) | Open access operator |
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Harrogate Line East Coast Main Line |
Parent company |
FirstGroup (80%) Renaissance Trains (20%) |
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Website | www.harrogatetrains.co.uk |
First Harrogate Trains [1] was a proposed open access operator with ambitions to run passenger rail services between Harrogate and London King's Cross via York. [2] [3] [4] [5] The company was a subsidiary of Hull Trains, then owned by FirstGroup (80%) and Renaissance Trains (20%).
The company proposed to run from Harrogate to London King's Cross with up to four services each way per day. [6] The application to run trains was rejected by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in February 2009. [7] It cited that the services would not bring enough new patronage and thus rely on abstracting revenue from existing train operating companies. [8]
First Harrogate Trains also applied to operate four trains per day from Cleethorpes to London Kings Cross, with an additional four between Lincoln Central and London, and to open a new station at Donnington Parkway. In 2009, this application was rejected by the ORR. [2] [3] [9]
Had the proposal been successful, it was intended that services would commence in the summer of 2009. [10]
The preferred rolling stock to be used was Class 180 Adelante or Class 222 Pioneer trains, the types used by Hull Trains previously. [6] [11]
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First Harrogate Trains [1] was a proposed open access operator with ambitions to run passenger rail services between Harrogate and London King's Cross via York. [2] [3] [4] [5] The company was a subsidiary of Hull Trains, then owned by FirstGroup (80%) and Renaissance Trains (20%).
The company proposed to run from Harrogate to London King's Cross with up to four services each way per day. [6] The application to run trains was rejected by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) in February 2009. [7] It cited that the services would not bring enough new patronage and thus rely on abstracting revenue from existing train operating companies. [8]
First Harrogate Trains also applied to operate four trains per day from Cleethorpes to London Kings Cross, with an additional four between Lincoln Central and London, and to open a new station at Donnington Parkway. In 2009, this application was rejected by the ORR. [2] [3] [9]
Had the proposal been successful, it was intended that services would commence in the summer of 2009. [10]
The preferred rolling stock to be used was Class 180 Adelante or Class 222 Pioneer trains, the types used by Hull Trains previously. [6] [11]