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FirstGroup applies to run new London to Sheffield rail service

FirstGroup plc, the leading private sector transport operator, is today submitting the first phase of an application for a new open access rail service between London and Sheffield to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
FirstGroup plans to expand its op…

Grand Central now calls at Peterborough

The Office of Rail and Road has given the go-ahead for some of Grand Central’s trains to call at Peterborough – six years after its most recent proposal was rejected. Arriva-owned GC has been operating on the East Coast Main Line since December 2007, b…