First Harrogate Trains
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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 Template:Rws 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]
Rolling stock
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]
References
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- ↑ Companies House extract company no 6592311 Template:Webarchive First Harrogate Trains Limited
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- ↑ Train firm aims to boost London link Harrogate Advertiser 4 July 2008
- ↑ Poppleton to London direct The Press (York) 1 August 2008
- ↑ a b Track Application - page 2 Office of Rail Regulation
- ↑ Template:Url Office of Rail Regulation 27 February 2009
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- ↑ Hull Trains - Track Access Rights on the East Coast Main Line Template:Webarchive Office of the Rail Regulator 19 March 2008
- ↑ Home Harrogate Trains
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